Re: Guix with Debian GNU/Linux

2016-01-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 01:10:34AM +0100, Ni* wrote: > Leo Famulari writes: > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:21:55PM +0100, Ni* wrote: > >> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> > >> > Ni* skribis: > >> > > >> >> From using GuixSD I know that as little files as possible should be > >> >>

Re: Guix with Debian GNU/Linux

2016-01-01 Thread Ni*
Leo Famulari writes: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:21:55PM +0100, Ni* wrote: >> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> >> > Ni* skribis: >> > >> >> From using GuixSD I know that as little files as possible should be >> >> created in /etc. When using Guix alone, is this still the recommended >

Re: container issues

2016-01-01 Thread Ben Woodcroft
On 02/01/16 01:01, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Ben Woodcroft skribis: $ ./pre-inst-env guix environment --ad-hoc -C ruby It works for me on GuixSD. In execvp of fsck.none: No such file or directory 'fsck.none' exited with code 127 on /home/ben/git/guix; spawning REPL This comes from ‘mount-fi

Re: No gpg keyservers available on GuixSD out-of-the-box

2016-01-01 Thread swedebugia
On 2015-12-30 22:16, l...@gnu.org wrote: Which version of GnuPG is it, per “gpg2 --version”? ~$ gpg2 --version gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.10 libgcrypt 1.6.3

Re: question re. installing software & init system

2016-01-01 Thread swedebugia
On 2016-01-01 19:23, Thompson, David wrote: On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: snip Does GuixSD respect the LSB, and in particular /usr/local/ ? No. We don't use LSB, nor do we conform to the FHS, because they conflict with functional, stateless system management.

Re: question re. installing software & init system

2016-01-01 Thread Thompson, David
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Thanks! Some follow-ups inline, below > > > On 12/31/15 5:41 PM, Thompson, David wrote: >> >>> Several specific questions: >>> >>> The recent PPT presentation on GUIX (to Inria) implies that packaging can >>> be >>> as simple as writing

Re: container issues

2016-01-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Ben Woodcroft skribis: > On 01/01/16 00:59, Thompson, David wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Ben Woodcroft wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> I'm on newest master (45147b0), is something amiss? >>> >>> >>> $ ./pre-inst-env guix environment --ad-hoc -C ruby >>> In execvp of fsck.none: No such file

Re: question re. installing software & init system

2016-01-01 Thread Miles Fidelman
Thanks! Some follow-ups inline, below On 12/31/15 5:41 PM, Thompson, David wrote: Hello Miles, On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Hi Folks, One thing that is very murky in the documentation is how to install software that isn't packaged. I can't seem to find any cl

Re: container issues

2016-01-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Ben Woodcroft skribis: > $ ./pre-inst-env guix environment --ad-hoc -C ruby It works for me on GuixSD. > In execvp of fsck.none: No such file or directory > 'fsck.none' exited with code 127 on /home/ben/git/guix; spawning REPL This comes from ‘mount-file-system’ in (gnu build file-systems), ca

Re: some questions about GUIX

2016-01-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Sam Halliday skribis: > As a Java / Scala developer, I avoid all repackaged jars unless they > contain a bug or security fix. I don't see why I should trust a package > manager (and their machines), who are self-confessed non-experts, more > than the original author of that library, who has GPG s