I removed the package emacs-flycheck, but it's still present in my Guix profile.
guix package reports the package is not installed:
$ guix package --list-installed='.*flycheck.*'
$
However emacs-flycheck is still in the profile's manifest:
$ rg flycheck ~/.guix-profile/
/home/fidel/.guix-profile/manifest
1889: ("emacs-flycheck"
1892: "/gnu/store/010xh6idfp7zs0hdla3fkcqi3fvgzr84-emacs-flycheck-32"
And guix gc will refuse to delete the path:
$ guix gc -D /gnu/store/010xh6idfp7zs0hdla3fkcqi3fvgzr84-emacs-flycheck-32
finding garbage collector roots...
guix gc: error: cannot delete path
`/gnu/store/010xh6idfp7zs0hdla3fkcqi3fvgzr84-emacs-flycheck-32' since it is
still alive
Rightfully the profile is referring that path:
$ guix gc --referrers
/gnu/store/010xh6idfp7zs0hdla3fkcqi3fvgzr84-emacs-flycheck-32
/gnu/store/3kqvnv23dk91f1dgfjj2hwfas5w2sbfp-emacs-subdirs
/gnu/store/y84j3fk8kqky6wynxvk612iw38p6h8b6-profile
I deleted all generations with guix gc --delete-generations, which removed all
emacs-flycheck paths except that one. I have tried guix pull and upgrade, to no
avail.
This is with Guix in Ubuntu 22.04.
$ guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 0024ef320eed89468369ece3df05064a2afaabd1
I'm at the end of the rope, I will appreciate any support on how to fix this or
how to find the root of the problem. Should I file a bug?
Fidel Ramos
https://fidelramos.net/
