[Nix-dev] Re: nix-store --gc doesn't honor gc-keep-outputs

[Peter Simons]

Hi Eelco,

 > As a workaround, you can register the derivation as a garbage collector root.

well, registering a garbage collector root for every single source code
tarball in my Nix store doesn't sound like a viable option. That would
be equivalent to doing garbage collection manually.

Is there no other option? Is there some information that I could provide
in order to assist in debugging this problem?

Take care,
Peter