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02/02: doc: Make it clear that store items must not be deleted by hand.
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
02/02: doc: Make it clear that store items must not be deleted by hand. |
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Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:46:47 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit c22eb9927f1ca6e8a724f9e634ce14700f888c6b
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Thu Apr 2 21:44:35 2015 +0200
doc: Make it clear that store items must not be deleted by hand.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Add that this is the only way to
delete files.
---
doc/guix.texi | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7ab4242..677fc57 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1314,7 +1314,9 @@ guix package}).
@cindex garbage collector
Packages that are installed but not used may be @dfn{garbage-collected}.
The @command{guix gc} command allows users to explicitly run the garbage
-collector to reclaim space from the @file{/gnu/store} directory.
+collector to reclaim space from the @file{/gnu/store} directory. It is
+the @emph{only} way to remove files from @file{/gnu/store}---removing
+files or directories manually may break it beyond repair!
The garbage collector has a set of known @dfn{roots}: any file under
@file{/gnu/store} reachable from a root is considered @dfn{live} and