Re: [META] How to effectively ask for help with Guix?

2024-01-02 Thread Josh Marshall
Hi Ben. I've seen some of this, too. I attribute it to the small community and userbase. We just can't compete with the likes of Nix. On Tue, Jan 2, 2024, 11:52 PM Ian Eure wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I’ve seen some of your posts, and haven’t had any help to offer. > Your questions remind me of othe

Re: [META] How to effectively ask for help with Guix?

2024-01-02 Thread Ian Eure
Hi Ben, I’ve seen some of your posts, and haven’t had any help to offer. Your questions remind me of others I’ve seen, where someone gets into the weeds of a problem and asks weedy questions, when they should be asking big picture questions. I don’t know for if that’s the case here, but it s

Re: Setting package name/version using package transformations

2024-01-02 Thread Csepp
Steve George writes: > Hi, > > I’m exploring creating ’package variants’ through the ’package > transformation’ options to guix build [0] > > I can’t figure out how to build a package variant and give it a different name > > The most common sort of ’package variant’ I can imagine is where the us

[META] How to effectively ask for help with Guix?

2024-01-02 Thread Ben Weinstein-Raun
Hello! I notice that I haven't been able to get much help with Guix, via any route. Having asked six or seven questions[^1] over the last three weeks (on this list, on the subreddit, and on the IRC channel), I've received help with only one of those problems (thanks nckx!). Ultimately I've cobbled

Re: GuixSD automated installation

2024-01-02 Thread Csepp
Ian Eure writes: > Hello, > > On Debian, you can create a preseed file containing answers to all the > questions > you’re prompted for during installation, and build a new install image which > includes it. When booted, this installer skips any steps which have been > preconfigured, which allow

Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH issues when compiling package

2024-01-02 Thread Ian Eure
Alexander Asteroth writes: Dear all, (snip) Now I have basically three questions: 1. how can I advice the package build process (see [0]) to set the LDFLAGS correctly? (shouldn't this be done by adding `(input [...] libffi [...] )` to the package description?) For the few

GuixSD automated installation

2024-01-02 Thread Ian Eure
Hello, On Debian, you can create a preseed file containing answers to all the questions you’re prompted for during installation, and build a new install image which includes it. When booted, this installer skips any steps which have been preconfigured, which allows for either fully automated

Setting package name/version using package transformations

2024-01-02 Thread Steve George
Hi, I'm exploring creating 'package variants' through the 'package transformation' options to guix build [0] I can't figure out how to build a package variant and give it a different name The most common sort of 'package variant' I can imagine is where the user wants a different (later) versio

Re: local and remove mail delivery

2024-01-02 Thread Felix Lechner via
Hi Remco, On Tue, Jan 02 2024, Remco van 't Veer wrote: > I did notice that smtpd does pick up a .forward file and tries to > forward mails outbound. Yes, it does. OpenSMTPd is vigilant about enforcing.forward files. > I'll need to setup smtpd to use authentication for my mail provider to > do

Re: local and remove mail delivery

2024-01-02 Thread Remco van 't Veer
Hi Felix, Thanks for your reply. 2024/01/02, Felix Lechner: > On Tue, Jan 02 2024, Remco van 't Veer wrote: > >> set sendmail=sendmail:/run/current-system/profile/sbin/sendmail > > Is the set-gid bit set on that particular sendmail executable? I might > instead try > >set sendmail=/run/set

Re: changing of Email Address

2024-01-02 Thread Felix Lechner via
Hi Gottfried, On Tue, Jan 02 2024, Gottfried wrote: > So could you change it please? That's not possible because you set a password. Please just unsubscribe and then resubscribe following the instructions here. [1] Kind regards Felix [1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix

changing of Email Address

2024-01-02 Thread Gottfried
Hi Guix, I changed my E-Mail Address from gottfr...@posteo.de to g...@posteo.at I tried to change it myself, but I didn't manage it. So could you change it please? thanks Gottfried

Re: local and remove mail delivery

2024-01-02 Thread Felix Lechner via
Hi Remco, On Tue, Jan 02 2024, Remco van 't Veer wrote: > set sendmail=sendmail:/run/current-system/profile/sbin/sendmail Is the set-gid bit set on that particular sendmail executable? I might instead try set sendmail=/run/setuid-programs/sendmail Your issue could probably also be solved

local and remove mail delivery

2024-01-02 Thread Remco van 't Veer
Hi, I am trying to get local (and remote through .forward and aliases, using fastmail as relay) mail delivery to work on a server for (rottlog etc) but I am stuck and hoping somebody can share some config.scm snippets to get it to work. My journey so far: The found rottlog service expects mailuti

Re: A simple question about the Guix logo.

2024-01-02 Thread DieRosedesNordens
Honorable recipient, I beg your pardon for the lack of brevity in my response. As for the tonic theme of the discussion, I find myself obliged to say that your aforementioned explanation is most logical. The only unsatisfactory part is the absence of a response to me last question, "does Guix