Actually I figured this out: Generation 16 used an older guix version where guix home added a . at the end of file names, so my config looked like this:
(simple-service 'xfce4-terminal home-files-service-type `(("config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc" ,(local-file "files/xfce4-terminal/terminalrc")))) Then, I updated Guix without changing my home configuration, so on generation 17, guix home created $HOME/config instead of $HOME/.config. So $HOME/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc (and all other config files) kept pointing to generation 16's files. After removing the generation and "guix gc", these files no longer exist, and I'm in trouble :) So, guix home and guix gc are working as intended, but the change to no longer adding a "." at the beginning of file names (which makes total sense) tripped me up. Le Sun, 4 Sep 2022 20:32:58 +0200, Julien Lepiller <jul...@lepiller.eu> a écrit : > Hi Guix! > > Today I ran "guix home delete-generations" to remove my old home > generations. It removed generations 0 and 17. I'm on generation 18. > > Then I ran "guix gc" and after I noticed I couldn't run a program from > my window manager (its menu is managed from guix home), I tried to > look at what was happening. My config files managed by guix home are > now symlinks that point to non existent store items. Spooky. > > Please let me know how I can help diagnose the issue > > >