I’m trying to delete several specific generations I no longer need, but nix-env --delete-generations
followed by nix-store --gc
is having no effect. Can anyone see if I’m doing something wrong?
I try it first as a normal user, then a second time using sudo. No effect either way.
> sudo sh scripts/nix-env-list-generations.sh
[sudo] password for bgibson:
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> nix-env --delete-generations 102 103 104 105 106
> sudo sh scripts/nix-env-list-generations.sh
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> nix-store --gc
finding garbage collector roots...
removing stale link from '/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/igcwj2l6m1iyirmbaip7mrgz6zw9ky8b' to '/tmp/nix-build-1878712-0/result'
removing stale link from '/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/19jq2b5xgd8188wz1h73z895zm4kws7d' to '/tmp/nix-build-2752175-0/result'
removing stale link from '/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/5m0spkff3vn5qkn56ginv6pmdfzd9jdq' to '/tmp/nixos-rebuild.BkL0t6/nix.drv'
removing stale link from '/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/n3p4cvh8hpgmg7kmical4nm73hn03pav' to '/tmp/nixos-rebuild.BkL0t6/nix'
deleting garbage...
deleting '/nix/store/xv6lsgwbyphz863lrnkbnxrkk9jf5knv-themechanger-0.10.2.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/x86r6y0nwhrmaf75vbvwy6s65hnyfinr-source.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/sl1vvcyay6haz998d3vghr7wpk0fb389-qtstyleplugin-kvantum-0.20.2.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/cklkxadyj5rdyc1s405n385yjkfjw1cd-source.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/0kjcrmvcjvbw103iwbf1xsrqzy9xfh32-nixos-21.11'
deleting '/nix/store/y2fcdnys7js6dz0vxx11sq928h9gnbkm-latte-dock-0.10.0.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/lh25nd3lsg04cdvz2idprarl9jgwr6lp-0001-close-user-autostart.patch'
deleting '/nix/store/7yfvzdby4m01qinxxcahx3621ifv58m6-latte-dock-0.10.0.tar.xz.drv'
deleting '/nix/store/ik5bxl5iqm7kn1kg28267nz2gzf1rw9j-nixexprs.tar.xz'
deleting '/nix/store/trash'
deleting unused links...
note: currently hard linking saves 17596.71 MiB
9 store paths deleted, 0.02 MiB freed
> sudo sh scripts/nix-env-list-generations.sh
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[hmm, didn't work, let's try again with sudo...]
> sudo nix-env --delete-generations 102 103 104 105 106
> sudo sh scripts/nix-env-list-generations.sh
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104 2021-11-27 04:41:41
105 2021-11-27 14:17:01
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> sudo nix-store --gc
finding garbage collector roots...
deleting garbage...
deleting '/nix/store/trash'
deleting unused links...
note: currently hard linking saves 17596.71 MiB
0 store paths deleted, 0.00 MiB freed
> sudo sh scripts/nix-env-list-generations.sh
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104 2021-11-27 04:41:41
105 2021-11-27 14:17:01
106 2021-11-28 04:41:28
107 2021-11-30 04:44:46 (current)
108 2021-12-01 17:09:42
[hmm, what now?]