Alexandru-Sergiu Marton <brown121...@posteo.ro> writes: > Hi, > > I run Guix System on my laptop and I wanted to free some space so I ran > all the cleaning stuff I could think of: > > guix package --delete-generations > guix gc --delete-generations > sudo guix system delete-generations > > After running them all, I had troubles using some of the most basic > tools, like ls or rm. Other programs seemed fine (make, gcc, guix) as I > could compile my builds of dwm and st. > > After I ran `guix system reconfigure` and I made sure my profile > contains all the software I need at the latest version by running `guix > package -m` on my manifest, everything went back to normal -- I could > use ls and rm again. > > Sadly, I didn't gather more information as I didn't experiment much with > the broken system because I freaked out and tried to fix it as fast as > possible. > > I don't know what to make of this. Brett Gilio suggested it may have > been a bad symlink job. > > Cheers, > Sergiu
I haven't investigated this myself, but on more thought it may also have to do with some outdated environment variables. Did you happen to reboot your computer or restart your X/Wayland session anytime after deleting the old generations and running the garbage collector? Brett Gilio
