Andreas Enge <[email protected]> skribis: > I just compiled a test package and tried a > "guix gc -d /path/to/package/in/store" > > After printing > deleting `/gnu/store/642pwarg5hppzh1gwadd07w0g4w3rwpx-nss-certs-3.17.3' > deleting `/gnu/store/trash' > deleting unused links... > which is instantaneous, I need to wait for 5 minutes with the disk spinning.
Literally 5 minutes? It would be more like 30s on my SSD. > I suppose this is a side-effect of deduplication? That, and the fact that you have a disk that actually spins. ;-) If you haven’t GC’d in a long time, it’s also likely to take longer. Ludo’.
