`nix-store --delete` is intended to gc closures and simply does not do that #495

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opened 2024-08-30 05:50:27 +00:00 by jade · 0 comments

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2024-08-30 05:50:27 +00:00

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If we look at the code for the garbage collector, we observe that it is actually supposed to delete the referrers:

370ac940dd/src/libstore/gc.cc (L750-L760)

This is also somewhat of a root cause of the UX issue in #282. That UX issue is still real, but it appears that this entire command is actually broken and not working as designed.

If we look at the code for the garbage collector, we observe that it is actually supposed to delete the referrers: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/src/370ac940dd7816ad4052fafa4e0f8d17784fa16b/src/libstore/gc.cc#L750-L760 This is also somewhat of a root cause of the UX issue in https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/282. That UX issue is still real, but it appears that this *entire command* is actually *broken* and not working as designed.