GNU bug report logs - #77487
1.4 million extraneous symlinks under .guix-home/profile/share/icons

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Package: guix;

Reported by: "Timo Wilken" <guix <at> twilken.net>

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 12:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.4

Done: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 77487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Timo Wilken <guix <at> twilken.net>
Cc: 77487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77487: 1.4 million extraneous symlinks under
 .guix-home/profile/share/icons
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 13:27:35 -0400

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 02:05:40PM +0200, Timo Wilken wrote:
> 
> In my ~/.guix-home/profile/share/icons/, I have a total of 1.4 million
> symlinks:
> 
> $ find ~/.guix-home/profile/share/icons/ -type l -printf x | wc -c
> 1425657

Oof.

I have nothing like that with Guix itself (compared to Guix Home), but
it's still a lot:

$ find ~/.guix-profile/share/icons/ -type l -printf x | wc -c 
77714
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