I am trying out guix for the first time and feel like I may have
jumped in head-first into the shallow end of the pool.
I had started out with using guix package for my packages and
updated my env for around 30 generations. Then I discovered guix
home and thought "hey, that may be better".
I set up guix home following the documentation and it created my
first home generation and completely re-installed my packages.
However, after subsequent changes to my home config, a guix home
reconfigure is now attempting to re-install (and build) my
packages all over again, despite never having run a guix pull.
I tried to "undo" the initialization of guix home as I feel like I
maybe should stick to the "older way" for a while longer while I
get the hang of Guile Scheme and try not to change too much at
once. I have been unable to revert my initial revision, or find a
clear path back without doing something dramatic.
With all of my history in mind, I have 3 questions:
1. Is there a supported way to apply incremental changes in guix
home, without re-doing (and re-compiling) all of my software?
2. Is there a supported way to revert back to just using GNU Stow
and guix package?
3. If I can be happy with guix home, is there any supported way to
remove potential bloat from having run guix package for 30
generations?
Thanks for the incredible software and help, if you're able.
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- Tangonov
