[Nix-dev] What happens to nix-shell packages on GC run?

[Domen Kožar]

Yes. Check `nix-store --gc --print-roots` to see what roots GC respects.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de>
wrote:

> Oh, yes, nice!
>
> I assume that I can remove persistent environments by removing the
> .drv file, then?
>
> On 16-10-2015 10:38:54, Domen Kožar wrote:
> >
> https://nixos.org/wiki/Development_Environments#Making_a_Persistent_nix-shell_Environment
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > what happens to nix-shells if I run nix-collect-garbage?
> > >
> > > For example:
> > >
> > >     nix-shell -p racket
> > >
> > > another terminal:
> > >
> > >     nix-collect-garbage
> > >
> > > is racket now gone in the nix-shell environment or does nix
> > > "magically" find out that this package is in use and doesn't remove
> > > it?
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Matthias Beyer
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> Matthias Beyer
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