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| author | jakobrs <jakobrs100@gmail.com> | 2020-03-19 19:15:55 +0100 |
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| committer | jakobrs <jakobrs100@gmail.com> | 2020-03-19 19:41:23 +0100 |
| commit | c5a488afc05372dd46e05559ef04ac9969808507 (patch) | |
| tree | 2851c21b21fe3ada898219f5e45651492e204fb3 /doc | |
| parent | ef74fafc0368944e6cfc3b804b4bcdddd6bcf9c0 (diff) | |
Remove the --delete option for --gc
Running `nix-store --gc --delete` will, as of Nix 2.3.3, simply fail
because the --delete option conflicts with the --delete operation.
$ nix-store --gc --delete
error: only one operation may be specified
Try 'nix-store --help' for more information.
Furthermore, it has been broken since at least Nix 0.16 (which was
released sometime in 2010), which means that any scripts which depend
on it should have been broken at least nine years ago. This commit
simply formally removes the option. There should be no actual difference
in behaviour as far as the user is concerned: it errors with the exact
same error message. The manual has been edited to remove any references
to the (now gone) --delete option.
Other information:
* Path for Nix 0.16 used:
/nix/store/rp3sgmskn0p0pj1ia2qwd5al6f6pinz4-nix-0.16
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml index 113a3c2e4..e8bbd16e8 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml @@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ EOF <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-roots</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-live</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-dead</option></arg> - <arg choice='plain'><option>--delete</option></arg> </group> <arg><option>--max-freed</option> <replaceable>bytes</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> @@ -407,14 +406,6 @@ the Nix store not reachable via file system references from a set of </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><option>--delete</option></term> - - <listitem><para>This operation performs an actual garbage - collection. All dead paths are removed from the - store. This is the default.</para></listitem> - - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> <para>By default, all unreachable paths are deleted. The following @@ -444,10 +435,10 @@ and <link linkend="conf-keep-derivations"><literal>keep-derivations</literal></link> variables in the Nix configuration file.</para> -<para>With <option>--delete</option>, the collector prints the total -number of freed bytes when it finishes (or when it is interrupted). -With <option>--print-dead</option>, it prints the number of bytes that -would be freed.</para> +<para>By default, the collector prints the total number of freed bytes +when it finishes (or when it is interrupted). With +<option>--print-dead</option>, it prints the number of bytes that would +be freed.</para> </refsection> |