From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Omar Radwan Subject: Re: A couple roadblocks using guix Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:59:08 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87oapqzgka.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01294d502f575c050d4675e0 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35424) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEReY-0001wS-HF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:59:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEReX-0003d8-8S for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:59:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87oapqzgka.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= , guix-devel@gnu.org --089e01294d502f575c050d4675e0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >I think this is the same problem as , which >was fixed a while back. Is there any way to fix this problem for the time being without having to wait for a release? On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote= : > Omar Radwan skribis: > > > One of the things is that during system initialization, the (gnu system > > networking) module returns an error which reads "guix system: error: > failed > > to load operating system file '/mnt/etc/config.scm': (misc-error #f "~A > ~S" > > ("no code for module" (gnu system networking)) #f) > > and that kind of makes things really annoying to manually restart > > networking every reboot. > > There=E2=80=99s a typo in the 0.8 manual (which was fixed in fa1e31b8): i= t > should read (gnu services networking). > > > Another thing is that is sort of a problem is during a windowmaker X > > session, all my graphical applications(xterm, icecat, etc), are not > listed > > in the application menu and are not runnable > > I think this is the same problem as , which > was fixed a while back. > > This suggests that it=E2=80=99s high time for a release. ;-) > > > The last thing is that I have not found any meta-packages, which allow = me > > to install multiple packages that are needed for the same program, like > for > > instance, there is gcc, make, cmake, and all the bread-and-butter build > > programs, but you have to name each in the "guix package -i *" > declaration > > to install, but if there was some metapackage, like buildessential (I > come > > from Debian). > > Right. There=E2=80=99s one such meta-package, which is =E2=80=98gcc-tool= chain=E2=80=99. > Perhaps more are needed. > > OTOH, =E2=80=98guix environment=E2=80=99 can really do =E2=80=9Cmeta-pack= ages on demand=E2=80=9D, so to > speak, so I wonder whether things like =E2=80=98build-essential=E2=80=99 = make so much > sense in that context. > > WDYT? > > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. > --089e01294d502f575c050d4675e0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

>I think this is the same problem as &l= t;http://bugs.gnu.org/19119= >, which
>was fixed a while back.

Is there any = way to fix this problem for the time being without having to wait for a rel= ease?

On Thu= , Jan 22, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> w= rote:
Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com> skribis:

> One of the things is that during system initialization, the (gnu syste= m
> networking) module returns an error which reads "guix system: err= or: failed
> to load operating system file '/mnt/etc/config.scm': (misc-err= or #f "~A ~S"
> ("no code for module" (gnu system networking)) #f)
> and that kind of makes things really annoying to manually restart
> networking every reboot.

There=E2=80=99s a typo in the 0.8 manual (which was fixed in fa1e31b= 8): it
should read (gnu services networking).

> Another thing is that is sort of a problem is during a windowmaker X > session, all my graphical applications(xterm, icecat, etc), are not li= sted
> in the application menu and are not runnable

I think this is the same problem as <http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>, which
was fixed a while back.

This suggests that it=E2=80=99s high time for a release.=C2=A0 ;-)

> The last thing is that I have not found any meta-packages, which allow= me
> to install multiple packages that are needed for the same program, lik= e for
> instance, there is gcc, make, cmake, and all the bread-and-butter buil= d
> programs, but you have to name each in the "guix package -i *&quo= t; declaration
> to install, but if there was some metapackage, like buildessential (I = come
> from Debian).

Right.=C2=A0 There=E2=80=99s one such meta-package, which is =E2=80= =98gcc-toolchain=E2=80=99.
Perhaps more are needed.

OTOH, =E2=80=98guix environment=E2=80=99 can really do =E2=80=9Cmeta-packag= es on demand=E2=80=9D, so to
speak, so I wonder whether things like =E2=80=98build-essential=E2=80=99 ma= ke so much
sense in that context.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.

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