From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id oG1CI8MtzF5WSQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 20:42:43 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id OAk2H8MtzF44NAAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 20:42:43 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3C199404CA for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 20:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:49834 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdJvl-0001io-Mg for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:42:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdJve-0001iU-0q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:42:34 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdJvd-00015P-Nl; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:42:33 -0400 Received: from [2001:980:1b4f:1:42d2:832d:bb59:862] (port=35898 helo=dundal.peder.onsbrabantnet.nl) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jdJvc-0007VU-Sn; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:42:33 -0400 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen To: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: Re: Providing a Guix System images catalog. Organization: AvatarAcademy.nl References: <875zckvxp3.fsf@gnu.org> X-Url: http://AvatarAcademy.nl Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 22:42:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <875zckvxp3.fsf@gnu.org> (Mathieu Othacehe's message of "Mon, 25 May 2020 17:30:48 +0200") Message-ID: <871rn7hhl6.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: Gg7Te5qzFTfU Mathieu Othacehe writes: Hello Mathieu, > To build a Guix System image, one needs to pick an operating system file > and call "guix system disk-image my-os.scm" to get an image. > > While this works fine on desktop, this is more tricky for the embedded > devices. Which operating system to select in "examples" folder? What's > the difference between --system and --target, which one should I use? > > This attached, wip patch, allows to run (on wip-hurd-vm branch): > > guix system image hurd-disk-image > > instead of: > > guix system disk-image --target=3Di586-pc-gnu gnu/system/examples/bare-h= urd.tmpl That's pretty nice! I wonder about how this composes; if I'd want to add say a guix-daemon service to the bare-hurd, how would I do that? What I also like about "gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd.tmpl" is that it's easy to imagine where to make such a change. Greetings, Janneke --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.com