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Subject: [bug#36404] [PATCH 4/6] Export the (gnu machine) interface.
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Hi Jakob,

> This is so machine declarations can have a simple (use-modules (gnu))
> rather than having to import the machine module explicitly.

Do we need this at all or could =E2=80=9Cguix deploy=E2=80=9D evaluate the =
machine
declaration in an environment where the machine module is available?  We
do something like that for evaluating manifests =E2=80=93 no module relatin=
g to
manifest loading needs to be specified by users and yet
=E2=80=9Cspecifications->manifest=E2=80=9D is available.

Would it make sense to do something similar here instead of exporting
(gnu machine) in (gnu)?

--=20
Ricardo