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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Separate util-linux into three packages.
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To: John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
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John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 04:28:08PM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>           If so, would it work to just do:
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>             "--enable-fs-paths-default=3D/run/current-system/profile/sbin"
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>           ?
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>           That would only work on GuixSD, but Guix???s ???mount??? is cer=
tainly not very
>           useful on foreign distros.
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
>      That would certainly be a solution easier to do.=20=20=20
>      But doesn't it mean that we have a "functionally impure" system?
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
>
> Also, it would only work if nfs-utils was installed in the current system=
 profile,
> which need not be the case.  It might be installed only in root's profile=
 or I might=20
> want to see what happens if I use an alternative version of nfs-utils.

That =E2=80=98mount=E2=80=99 can invoke =E2=80=98mount.nfs=E2=80=99 looks l=
ike a convenience to me, not
something highly critical.

I would say that dynamic composition (=E2=80=98mount=E2=80=99 looking up =
=E2=80=98mount.nfs=E2=80=99 &
co. in $PATH) is OK in this case.  The NFS service in GuixSD could
extend =E2=80=98profile-service-type=E2=80=99 such that =E2=80=98nfs-utils=
=E2=80=99 is indeed in the
system profile.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.