Hi Leo, On Thu, Aug 01 2024, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> [...] and, equally importantly, why they are _not_ considered >> necessary by "guix gc"? > > The short answer is "to save disk space at the potential cost of > increased network usage". I am not sure I agree with your framing. While adjustments to the garbage collector may prevent downloads, I believe some prerequisites are undeclared (although I cannot say which ones or why). Like Zack, I think 'guix gc' should not remove items needed to reconfigure a system or to reinstall the bootloader, at least not for the current system generation. > you can run the guix-daemon with the argument "--gc-keep-outputs=yes", > and maybe also "--gc-keep-derivations=yes": I have been doing that, but in my estimation what is being kept exceeds what's needed by a wide degree. Kind regards Felix
