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diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index b30f78b33..c46cc817b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ Path addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath, const Path & _gcRoot,
createSymlink(gcRoot, storePath, false);
}
- /* Check that the root can be found by the garbage collector. */
+ /* Check that the root can be found by the garbage collector.
+ !!! This can be very slow on machines that have many roots.
+ Instead of reading all the roots, it would be more efficient to
+ check if the root is in a directory in or linked from the
+ gcroots directory. */
if (queryBoolSetting("gc-check-reachability", true)) {
Roots roots = store->findRoots();
if (roots.find(gcRoot) == roots.end())