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bug#19832: Deleting unused links is too slow
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#19832: Deleting unused links is too slow |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:24:51 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:
> I just compiled a test package and tried a
> "guix gc -d /path/to/package/in/store"
>
> After printing
> deleting `/gnu/store/642pwarg5hppzh1gwadd07w0g4w3rwpx-nss-certs-3.17.3'
> deleting `/gnu/store/trash'
> deleting unused links...
> which is instantaneous, I need to wait for 5 minutes with the disk spinning.
Literally 5 minutes? It would be more like 30s on my SSD.
> I suppose this is a side-effect of deduplication?
That, and the fact that you have a disk that actually spins. ;-)
If you haven’t GC’d in a long time, it’s also likely to take longer.
Ludo’.