Table of Contents _________________ 1. The context 2. What I've tried 3. Additional information 4. The question
1 The context ============= I had previously installed the package `rime-data'. One of the files that is installed by that package is called `wubi86.dict.yaml'. I'm currently experimenting with `ibus' and I need all files that exist in `/gnu/store' that are called `wubi86.dict.yaml' to be deleted from my system. I've located those files, but when I try to delete those files, I get the following error ,---- | guix gc -D /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile `---- ,---- | finding garbage collector roots... | guix gc: error: cannot delete path `/gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile' since it is still alive `---- See next section to see what I've tried to delete those directories. 2 What I've tried ================= I know how to locate all files that are called `wubi86,dict.yaml' and are located under `/gnu/store' ,---- | sudo updatedb `---- ,---- | locate 'wubi86.dict.yaml' `---- ,---- | /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile/share/rime-data/wubi86.dict.yaml | /gnu/store/b3f1s6nnj1rg7szcmb3n3y194ayhfgja-rime-data-0.38.20210802/share/rime-data/wubi86.dict.yaml | /gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile/share/rime-data/wubi86.dict.yaml `---- If I try to delete any of those directories using `guix gc -D', I get the same error (please see code blocks below) ,---- | guix gc -D /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile `---- ,---- | finding garbage collector roots... | guix gc: error: cannot delete path `/gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile' since it is still alive `---- ,---- | guix gc -D /gnu/store/b3f1s6nnj1rg7szcmb3n3y194ayhfgja-rime-data-0.38.20210802 `---- ,---- | finding garbage collector roots... | guix gc: error: cannot delete path `/gnu/store/b3f1s6nnj1rg7szcmb3n3y194ayhfgja-rime-data-0.38.20210802' since it is still alive `---- ,---- | guix gc -D /gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile/ `---- ,---- | finding garbage collector roots... | guix gc: error: cannot delete path `/gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile' since it is still alive `---- 3 Additional information ======================== I found [this thread] in the help-guix mailing list on the same topic. In [this reply], someone mentions that it is possible to list the referrers to see which directories are pointing to those directories. This is the output of those command. For the two directories that end in `*-profile', `guix gc --referrers' print the directory itself. ,---- | guix gc --referrers /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile `---- ,---- | /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile `---- ,---- | guix gc --referrers /gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile/ `---- ,---- | /gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile `---- For the directory, that has the files from the package, a lot of files ending with `drv' is shown. ,---- | guix gc --referrers /gnu/store/b3f1s6nnj1rg7szcmb3n3y194ayhfgja-rime-data-0.38.20210802 `---- ,---- | /gnu/store/0wr0x4v73wiks87843njqqf590fm0xix-glib-schemas.drv | /gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile | /gnu/store/4zpl6kqdb1ppnc0a1wbh50az8bhnzc4z-gtk-icon-themes.drv | /gnu/store/7qjr2v4w4m8kp1mzax2w840mg489120m-emacs-subdirs.drv | /gnu/store/8qjbmddr1x6v4pjwxm8i5alslxb7ca43-profile.drv | /gnu/store/8ziy5i9svd645iinf850cnca82vb154s-ca-certificate-bundle.drv | /gnu/store/a8n5pfdh03lwfrcpp6823bnwlgh5in13-xdg-desktop-database.drv | /gnu/store/ascqql7fl3c7r784hpnqcam3x8f78dmg-info-dir.drv | /gnu/store/bwlk4j71l97vk84pzdddra2fpvn9zvj5-fonts-dir.drv | /gnu/store/d9dhmxg8b87jj8n797vyabdc2dimr2aw-ibus-rime-1.5.0 | /gnu/store/h4qckgajdkz7rm8yrwrxqv882mr1mnnm-emacs-rime-1.0.5 | /gnu/store/hlrfay6rcgh9c5wzzcj7wf7iwzf87msc-gdk-pixbuf-loaders-cache-file.drv | /gnu/store/nbhwrpx1py3j4sivysv6xi5s4hx4ziqz-gtk-im-modules.drv | /gnu/store/px3idmv8x0ws0zs2n7scgbi302af7iaw-xdg-mime-database.drv | /gnu/store/qczdrj7c8wyszygw78yi9ngz46lhyylv-ibus-rime-1.5.0 | /gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile `---- [this thread] <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2016-05/msg00043.html> [this reply] <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2016-05/msg00048.html> 4 The question ============== How can I get rid of those three directories in `/gnu/store/' [1] so that I can make sure that my system has no file called `wubi86.dict.yaml'? [1] Namely + `/gnu/store/252h4ryvdj3d3bgnm1v47s7838wn86nz-profile' + `/gnu/store/b3f1s6nnj1rg7szcmb3n3y194ayhfgja-rime-data-0.38.20210802' + `/gnu/store/zj0cf20jk3qgl12451znx1n8rj13z2jg-profile'
