On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 01:53:45PM +0100, Thomas Danckaert wrote: > Hi, > > I have limited space on my root file system, and therefore need to run 'guix > gc' regularly. One problem with that is that the texlive source package > (currently > /gnu/store/mj40l554qxw15acz0h018gk5c9mxzfgn-texlive-20180414-texmf.tar.xz) > regularly gets deleted that way. When I upgrade after running guix gc, I > often find I need to download this very large (2.5G) tarball again. > > How do I add a gc root for this tarball (or is that a bad idea)? I tried > 'guix build texlive --source --root ...', but I get a warning 'package > texlive has no source'.
The simplest way to make a gcroot is to symlink the store item into /var/guix/gcroots. In fact, I've had this exact symlink for a few years now: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Aug 5 2017 texlive-20170524-texmf.tar.xz -> /gnu/store/5rnvmy02yazy8iwaa91kijbbqp8qmflz-texlive-20170524-texmf.tar.xz
