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bug#44760: Closure copy in ‘guix system init’ is inefficient
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#44760: Closure copy in ‘guix system init’ is inefficient |
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Date: |
Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:10:16 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net> skribis:
> Also, if a store is already present (eg.: because of a partial
> install), it could make sense to (optionally) keep its contents. AFAIK
> this is still not possible. It was one the bigger time sinks while I
> was working on the F2FS support.
It’s on purpose that ‘guix system init’ forcefully wipes store items
already present before copying them; some time ago it was not the case
and that led to problems:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/20722
I think it’s safer to keep it unchanged.
Ludo’.