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Impossible to remove all offload machines

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From: Ian Eure <ian <at> retrospec.tv>
To: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>, 72686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#72686: Impossible to remove all offload machines
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:35:30 -0700

Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> writes:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>
> Hello,
>
> Ian Eure <ian <at> retrospec.tv> writes:
>
>> Disregard this, I continued thinking after sending the email 
>> (as one does) and
>> realized that any managed file will be a link into the store -- 
>> so if the system
>> is reconfigured with no build-machines or channels *and* the 
>> corresponding file
>> is a store link, it should be removed; otherwise, it should 
>> remain untouched. I
>> can work with this.
>
> Will this correctly handle cases where user is managing the file 
> using
> for example extra-special-file?
>

No, it wouldn’t.


> I wonder whether fat-warning approach would not be better.
>

I think I agree.

 — Ian

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