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

> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 11:55:13PM +0100, Ludovic Court??s wrote:

[...]

>      > 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-ut=
ils.
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
>      That ???mount??? can invoke ???mount.nfs??? looks like a convenience=
 to me, not
>      something highly critical.
>
> Well it's critical if "mount -a" is going to work, and thus if NFS filesy=
stems (such as /home in
> many networks) can be automatically mounted at boot time.

GuixSD doesn=E2=80=99t use the =E2=80=98mount=E2=80=99 command to mount fil=
e systems so that
shouldn=E2=80=99t have any influence.

>      I would say that dynamic composition (???mount??? looking up ???moun=
t.nfs??? &
>      co. in $PATH) is OK in this case.  The NFS service in GuixSD could
>      extend ???profile-service-type??? such that ???nfs-utils??? is indee=
d in the
>      system profile.
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
> Ok If you think it's acceptable I'll push a change with just the
> "--enable-fs-paths-default=3D/run/current-system/profile/sbin" option for=
 now.  If it
> turns out not to be good enough then we can rethink it later.

Yes, I agree.

1,093 packages depend on util-linux.  Per the strategy outlined at
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-10/msg00933.html>
this could go to =E2=80=98staging=E2=80=99 but I think this should go to =
=E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99
which we=E2=80=99ll reopen to fix <http://bugs.gnu.org/24703>.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.