Ludovic Courtès (2017-08-28 14:04 +0200) wrote:
> Hi Mekeor,
>
> (I think you forgot to Cc: the list.)
>
> Mekeor Melire <mekeor.mel...@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hello Guix!
>>>
>>> Following a discussion we had at the GHM today, here’s the tip of the
>>> day!
>>
>> Greetings to everyone at GHM!
>>
>>> But wait: we can already store the config file in the instantiated
>>> system! Here’s how:
>>>
>>> (operating-system
>>> ;; …
>>> (services (cons (simple-service 'store-my-config
>>> etc-service-type
>>> `(("config.scm"
>>> ,(local-file (assoc-ref
>>>
>>> (current-source-location)
>>> 'filename)))))
>>> …)))
>>>
>>> You instantiate that, and then /etc/config.scm (aka.
>>> /run/current-system/etc/config.scm,
>>> aka. /var/guix/profiles/system/etc/config.scm) contains the config file.
>>
>> Because of the frequent demand for it, I think it would make sense to
>> offer this as pre-defined service by default, as part of Guix itself.
>> What do you think?
I was going to write the same: I also think it would be good to make
this service the default one, so that we can always point a user to the
system config the current system was reconfigured with.
--
Alex
