Using --max-jobs

2022-01-28 Thread Phil
Hi all, A few questions about running multiple build jobs in parallel: According to the manual the number of build users (eg guixbuilder01) determines how many jobs can be run in parallel. If we have 10 guix builder accounts and do not specify --max-jobs explicitly, does this mean that 10 builds

Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

2022-01-28 Thread Edouard Klein
I won't be specifically helpful, but I never managed to get chromium to run in a container. It crashes almost immediately. If you ever manage it, I'd be happy to know the magic command that allows it. Cheers, Edouard. Luis Felipe writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi, > > I'm trying to

Permanently available environments

2022-01-28 Thread Konrad Hinsen
Hi Guix, I would like to migrate more of my software use to Guix-based containers, but I haven't yet found a way to handle them that fully suits my needs. The root issue is the volatility of environments, and I wonder if I am missing some feature to handle them better. Here is my current reasoning

Re: readline problem

2022-01-28 Thread James Smith
So it seems that guix pull should always be followed by guix package -u ? If so, why doesn't guix pull just do the upgrade? Thanks Jim ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 at 2:45 PM, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Wiktor Żelazny w...@freeshell.de writes: > > > [[PGP Si

Re: readline problem

2022-01-28 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
James Smith writes: > So it seems that guix pull should always be followed by guix package -u ? No, I don’t think it’s correct to say that. You can use your updated Guix to do a lot of things that are completely unrelated to the state of your default profile. - install things to a different

Re: Permanently available environments

2022-01-28 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Konrad Hinsen writes: > Hi Guix, > > I would like to migrate more of my software use to Guix-based > containers, but I haven't yet found a way to handle them that fully > suits my needs. The root issue is the volatility of environments, and I > wonder if I am missing some feature to handle them

Is the example about the serialiser in the manual correct? Was: Help on writing config serialiser

2022-01-28 Thread Simon Streit
Hello, I gave up, and thought of starting from scratch. But my initial attempt failed right from the beginning. I'm not so sure now if the example provided in the manual is usable in its current state. The following is a (slightly) unedited copy from the manual: --8<---cut here

Re: Permanently available environments

2022-01-28 Thread Guillaume Le Vaillant
Konrad Hinsen skribis: > Hi Guix, > > I would like to migrate more of my software use to Guix-based > containers, but I haven't yet found a way to handle them that fully > suits my needs. The root issue is the volatility of environments, and I > wonder if I am missing some feature to handle them

Re: readline problem

2022-01-28 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
>> Though I have had reports from confused users at work who say that “guix >> upgrade” doesn’t necessarily help, and that they actually had to use >> “guix install” on all packages again. I haven’t been able to confirm >> this yet. I had that problem, too. It’s why I switched to manifests: I cou

Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

2022-01-28 Thread Luis Felipe
Hi Daniel, On Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 7:42 AM, Daniel Meißner wrote: > > Also, trying the following example from Guix manual, the browser does not > > start: > > > > EXAMPLE: > > $ guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium > > --preserve='^DISPLAY$' -- chromium > > A

Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

2022-01-28 Thread Luis Felipe
On Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 3:22 PM, Luis Felipe wrote: > On Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 7:42 AM, Daniel Meißner > daniel.meissner-...@ruhr-uni-bochum.de wrote: > > Maybe for your example (I couldn't check since I didn't find any package > > called mazo or python-mazo) this would work: >

Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

2022-01-28 Thread Luis Felipe
Hi Edouard, On Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 10:11 AM, Edouard Klein wrote: > I won't be specifically helpful, but I never managed to get chromium to > run in a container. It crashes almost immediately. If you ever manage > it, I'd be happy to know the magic command that allows it. Could you t

Re: Permanently available environments

2022-01-28 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2022-01-28, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > 4. In practice, I often work with a bad or non-existing network >connection, so I must be sure to have all my packages in the store. >And if I use "time-machine", I must also keep the required Guix >version locally available. But there is no option

Re: Permanently available environments

2022-01-28 Thread Konrad Hinsen
Konrad Hinsen writes: > 1. Containers can only be generated using "guix shell" or the older >"guix environment". There is no way to generate a container based >on a profile. Correct me if I am wrong! Thanks to Ricardo and Guillaume, who pointed out the –profile option to "guix shell", wh

Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

2022-01-28 Thread Edouard Klein
It does work ! Thank you very much :) Luis Felipe writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi Edouard, > > On Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 10:11 AM, Edouard Klein > wrote: > >> I won't be specifically helpful, but I never managed to get chromium to >> run in a container. It crashes almost imm