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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi6
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/gc.scm21
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-gc.sh6
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 2f9fcbe3bf..2345617b2e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ deleted. The set of garbage collector roots (``GC roots'' for short)
includes default user profiles; by default, the symlinks under
@file{/var/guix/gcroots} represent these GC roots. New GC roots can be
added with @command{guix build --root}, for example (@pxref{Invoking
-guix build}).
+guix build}). The @command{guix gc --list-roots} command lists them.
Prior to running @code{guix gc --collect-garbage} to make space, it is
often useful to remove old generations from user profiles; that way, old
@@ -3451,6 +3451,10 @@ This prints nothing unless the daemon was started with
@option{--cache-failures} (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon,
@option{--cache-failures}}).
+@item --list-roots
+List the GC roots owned by the user; when run as root, list @emph{all} the GC
+roots.
+
@item --clear-failures
Remove the specified store items from the failed-build cache.
diff --git a/guix/scripts/gc.scm b/guix/scripts/gc.scm
index 6f37b767ff..2606e20deb 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/gc.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/gc.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#:use-module (guix ui)
#:use-module (guix scripts)
#:use-module (guix store)
+ #:use-module (guix store roots)
#:autoload (guix build syscalls) (free-disk-space)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
#:use-module (ice-9 regex)
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ Invoke the garbage collector.\n"))
(display (G_ "
-d, --delete attempt to delete PATHS"))
(display (G_ "
+ --list-roots list the user's garbage collector roots"))
+ (display (G_ "
--optimize optimize the store by deduplicating identical files"))
(display (G_ "
--list-dead list dead paths"))
@@ -135,6 +138,10 @@ Invoke the garbage collector.\n"))
(alist-cons 'verify-options options
(alist-delete 'action
result))))))
+ (option '("list-roots") #f #f
+ (lambda (opt name arg result)
+ (alist-cons 'action 'list-roots
+ (alist-delete 'action result))))
(option '("list-dead") #f #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'action 'list-dead
@@ -205,6 +212,15 @@ Invoke the garbage collector.\n"))
(info (G_ "freeing ~h MiBs~%") (/ to-free 1024. 1024.))
(collect-garbage store to-free)))))
+ (define (list-roots)
+ ;; List all the user-owned GC roots.
+ (let ((roots (filter (if (zero? (getuid)) (const #t) user-owned?)
+ (gc-roots))))
+ (for-each (lambda (root)
+ (display root)
+ (newline))
+ roots)))
+
(with-error-handling
(let* ((opts (parse-options))
(store (open-connection))
@@ -238,6 +254,9 @@ Invoke the garbage collector.\n"))
(else
(let-values (((paths freed) (collect-garbage store)))
(info (G_ "freed ~h MiBs~%") (/ freed 1024. 1024.)))))))
+ ((list-roots)
+ (assert-no-extra-arguments)
+ (list-roots))
((delete)
(delete-paths store (map direct-store-path paths)))
((list-references)
diff --git a/tests/guix-gc.sh b/tests/guix-gc.sh
index ef2d9543b7..8284287730 100644
--- a/tests/guix-gc.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-gc.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-# Copyright © 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+# Copyright © 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
#
# This file is part of GNU Guix.
#
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ unset drv
unset out
# For some operations, passing extra arguments is an error.
-for option in "" "-C 500M" "--verify" "--optimize"
+for option in "" "-C 500M" "--verify" "--optimize" "--list-roots"
do
if guix gc $option whatever; then false; else true; fi
done
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ guix gc --delete "$drv"
drv="`guix build --root=guix-gc-root lsh -d`"
test -f "$drv" && test -L guix-gc-root
+guix gc --list-roots | grep "$PWD/guix-gc-root"
+
guix gc --list-live | grep "$drv"
if guix gc --delete "$drv";
then false; else true; fi