bug#57585: closed (guix gc removed home config)

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> guix gc removed home config
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> Sun, 4 Sep 2022 20:32:58 +0200
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> Hi Guix!
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> Today I ran "guix home delete-generations" to remove my old home
> generations. It removed generations 0 and 17. I'm on generation 18.
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> Then I ran "guix gc" and after I noticed I couldn't run a program from
> my window manager (its menu is managed from guix home), I tried to look
> at what was happening. My config files managed by guix home are now
> symlinks that point to non existent store items. Spooky.
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> Please let me know how I can help diagnose the issue
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> Re: bug#57585: guix gc removed home config
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> Sun, 4 Sep 2022 21:17:58 +0200
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> Actually I figured this out:
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> Generation 16 used an older guix version where guix home added a . at
> the end of file names, so my config looked like this:
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> (simple-service 'xfce4-terminal home-files-service-type               
>   `(("config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc"
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>       "files/xfce4-terminal/terminalrc"))))
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> Then, I updated Guix without changing my home configuration, so on
> generation 17, guix home created $HOME/config instead of $HOME/.config.
> So $HOME/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc (and all other config files)
> kept pointing to generation 16's files. After removing the generation
> and "guix gc", these files no longer exist, and I'm in trouble :)
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> So, guix home and guix gc are working as intended, but the change to no
> longer adding a "." at the beginning of file names (which makes total
> sense) tripped me up.
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> Le Sun, 4 Sep 2022 20:32:58 +0200,
> Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> a écrit :
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> > Hi Guix!
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> > Today I ran "guix home delete-generations" to remove my old home
> > generations. It removed generations 0 and 17. I'm on generation 18.
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> > Then I ran "guix gc" and after I noticed I couldn't run a program from
> > my window manager (its menu is managed from guix home), I tried to
> > look at what was happening. My config files managed by guix home are
> > now symlinks that point to non existent store items. Spooky.
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> > Please let me know how I can help diagnose the issue
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