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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-07-31 23:03:36 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-08-01 00:02:04 +0200
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guix gc: '--delete-generations' now deletes old Home generations.
This reverts commit 24c0518dd404cbb3c434fb6704f4f551bbc78693,
thereby reinstating ba22560627f848f40891a56355ff26b6de1380bc, with an
additional fix in (guix self).

Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/56722>.
Reported by "(" <paren@disroot.org>.

* guix/scripts/gc.scm (guix-gc)[delete-generations]: Add call to
'home-generation-base'.
* guix/self.scm (compiled-guix)[*core-cli-modules*]: Remove (guix
scripts gc).
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document the change.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 12ecc1b952..6e867839a4 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4362,7 +4362,8 @@ nothing and exit immediately.
 @item --delete-generations[=@var{duration}]
 @itemx -d [@var{duration}]
 Before starting the garbage collection process, delete all the generations
-older than @var{duration}, for all the user profiles; when run as root, this
+older than @var{duration}, for all the user profiles and home environment
+generations; when run as root, this
 applies to all the profiles @emph{of all the users}.
 
 For example, this command deletes all the generations of all your profiles