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Subject: [bug#35648] [PATCH] services: Add 'nix-service-type'.
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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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To: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
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Hi Oleg,

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> [=E2=80=A6]
>
>>> * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document this.
>
> [=E2=80=A6]
>
>>> +After @command{guix system reconfigure} you need to configure Nix
>>> for your
>>> +user, e.g.:
>>> +
>>> +@example
>>> +$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
>>> +$ nix-channel --update
>>> +$ ln -s "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile" ~/.nix-profile
>>> +$ source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
>>> +$ nix-env --install hello
>>> +$ hello
>>> +@end example
>>
>> Can we instead simply add a link to upstream documentation for this?  I
>> would feel more comfortable that way.
>
> I'm not sure it will be comfortable for most of Guix users.  Upstream
> documentation doesn't mention =E2=80=98ln -s =E2=80=A6=E2=80=99 step and =
=E2=80=98source =E2=80=A6=E2=80=99 is Guix
> system relative.

What about providing just these two lines (=E2=80=9Cln -s=E2=80=9D and =E2=
=80=9Csource =E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D) and
adding a cross-reference to the Nix manual for more information?

If that works for you, you can push with these changes.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.