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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-04-02 21:44:35 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-04-02 21:44:35 +0200
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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.
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@@ -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