> Hi Rutherther, > > Rutherther <ruthert...@ditigal.xyz> writes: > >> Hello all, >> >> I would like to gc root my operating system derivation to keep all >> inputs necessary to build the system in store even on gc colleting, >> preferably also the ungrafted versions. One way would be to make >> multiple calls to the guix system build and gc root them out of the >> store myself, but I would rather not use that option, I would like this >> to be in the operating-system itself. > > I have the daemon set up to "keep all the build prerequisites (the > sources, compiler, libraries, and other build-time tools) of live > objects in the store", as "(guix) Invoking guix-daemon" puts it. > > I'm not 100% sure if that's what you're going for here (I'm tired lol), > but the end result for me is that I can `guix gc` and not redownload > anything when I reconfigure again on the same config. I thought I'd > share anyway in case it helps. I have the following in my > operating-system form:
Hello, thanks for showing interest. It is something like what I am going for, but I don't want to use this. This keeps ALL prerequisites of gc rooted paths. I want to achieve to get only the operating-system and home-environment prerequisites. Regards, Rutherther > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (services > (modify-services base-services > (guix-service-type > config => (guix-configuration > (inherit config) > (extra-options (list > "--gc-keep-derivations=yes" ;default value > "--gc-keep-outputs=yes")))))) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
