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01/01: doc: Clarify some of guix-daemon's GC options.
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Chris Marusich |
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01/01: doc: Clarify some of guix-daemon's GC options. |
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Sat, 28 Jul 2018 06:02:12 -0400 (EDT) |
marusich pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 346a632144b89f45b3966732edacc2bfa07126a7
Author: Chris Marusich <address@hidden>
Date: Sat Jul 28 02:50:06 2018 -0700
doc: Clarify some of guix-daemon's GC options.
Reported by Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden>.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Fix an incorrect statement
regarding --gc-keep-outputs. Add a little to the description of this
option and --gc-keep-derivations.
---
doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 2df4064..19c9813 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1375,8 +1375,8 @@ derivations.
@cindex garbage collector roots
When set to ``yes'', the GC will keep the outputs of any live derivation
available in the store---the @code{.drv} files. The default is ``no'',
-meaning that derivation outputs are kept only if they are GC roots.
address@hidden guix gc}, for more on GC roots.
+meaning that derivation outputs are kept only if they are reachable from a GC
+root. @xref{Invoking guix gc}, for more on GC roots.
@item --gc-keep-derivations[=yes|no]
Tell whether the garbage collector (GC) must keep derivations
@@ -1387,12 +1387,13 @@ derivations---i.e., @code{.drv} files---as long as at
least one of their
outputs is live. This allows users to keep track of the origins of
items in their store. Setting it to ``no'' saves a bit of disk space.
-Note that when both @code{--gc-keep-derivations} and
address@hidden are used, the effect is to keep all the build
-prerequisites (the sources, compiler, libraries, and other build-time
-tools) of live objects in the store, regardless of whether these
-prerequisites are live. This is convenient for developers since it
-saves rebuilds or downloads.
+In this way, setting @code{--gc-keep-derivations} to ``yes'' causes liveness
+to flow from outputs to derivations, and setting @code{--gc-keep-outputs} to
+``yes'' causes liveness to flow from derivations to outputs. When both are
+set to ``yes'', the effect is to keep all the build prerequisites (the
+sources, compiler, libraries, and other build-time tools) of live objects in
+the store, regardless of whether these prerequisites are reachable from a GC
+root. This is convenient for developers since it saves rebuilds or downloads.
@item --impersonate-linux-2.6
On Linux-based systems, impersonate Linux 2.6. This means that the