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[bug#51427] [PATCH] nix: libstore: Do not remove unused links when delet


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: [bug#51427] [PATCH] nix: libstore: Do not remove unused links when deleting specific items.
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:14:14 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux)

Hi,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> skribis:

> I don't think deleting links will ever be fast on that disk.  But what
> I've been saying the whole time is that I don't always need the links
> deleted.  I think adding "expert" switches to skip these phases might
> actually be enough – after all, if I ever do want to run a full GC, the
> information ought to be the same, no? 

The expert will have to know that skipping that phase will have the
effect of *not* freeing space on the device, so…

Ludo’.





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