From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 25 16:51:55 2021 Received: (at 45992) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jan 2021 21:51:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40228 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l49m6-0002AQ-Vk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:55 -0500 Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.25]:54763) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l49m5-0002AD-M3 for 45992@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:54 -0500 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3BACD4C; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:47 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=famulari.name; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; s=mesmtp; bh=HsAoM+VdXPnEKGrXTRqO3brTT7yFWlp3FWiIqReMYR8=; b=zpD7jRGyXDyf qNAWAqxD+qPy0fBEwSA5D/agFB17q2OVdyM6mnr68crTQzgEBsLXHFphrmrFJRZ0 lUgHqMaSdPGCjuDlnzwGjDVM304gLecJuT4Y6ksyjC7oqoS1LEDGpbYQ/a/wFSTc XCOq7FMD+f5McR4JA26GBQABZ56j7j4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=HsAoM+VdXPnEKGrXTRqO3brTT7yFWlp3FWiIqReMY R8=; b=MCKafPW0UsYwoTb3cl8hspNEVDb4Y+ccAG+nQwfkaicgLm8Mfyyr4f89g 7MMpUNNSdvfiKI4Wn8BzIBjyDYDEpadegvszF+BE7TowmapjPHJmVorXUVRF9BrH k76iZxFCiWMX3vILbcHOAXvf4c3jsYpLQl2LVCrvlLPYHUdr2KRsUPsqXWlyuiUc vRTL1pW/ApvAe+MdYlKVYhei6VDWrlGSkNRGJ6Ap7BbpodLqfJfnLEfuc/C8M1h6 4l9vXDK2HiFaKJEIfU4AGed+Nw/ppz5XYxj0GoHV3yd/vWr/2nC1EfECSxr6wq7m IG2zNNgCrVZLB3timZRMvE+3nN5hA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrvdefgdduhedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtugfgjgesthekredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgvohcu hfgrmhhulhgrrhhiuceolhgvohesfhgrmhhulhgrrhhirdhnrghmvgeqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepgeejgeeghedtudfgffdutddvffefffejkeffffevffehgedvvdeutdffkeej jeejnecukfhppedutddtrdduuddrudeiledruddukeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpe dtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehlvghosehfrghmuhhlrghrihdrnhgrmhgv X-ME-Proxy: Received: from localhost (pool-100-11-169-118.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [100.11.169.118]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 05813108005C; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:41 -0500 From: Leo Famulari To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= Subject: Re: bug#45992: A "live" profile is missing Message-ID: References: <87zh12a1md.fsf@gnu.org> <871re851ka.fsf@gnu.org> <87o8hc3ff6.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87o8hc3ff6.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 45992 Cc: 45992@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 09:55:09PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > $ guix gc --list-live > > finding garbage collector roots... > > skipping invalid root from `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile-197-link' to `/gnu/store/1ph7vxq4hhqr1hjkmgin16p1cqx3v904-profile' > > That means the target of this symlink was already invalid/non-existent, > right? Right, that store item did not exist. > If there’s a root pointing to the profile, and the profile no longer > exists, it could be that the root was created after the profile had been > deleted. AFAIK that cannot happen in normal operation, so you’d really > have to fiddle with /var/guix/profiles to achieve that. > > So… I don’t see how this could happen! Mysterious...