On poniedziałek, 2 grudnia 2024 15:58:31 CET Timothy Washington wrote:
> => However, I seem to get further along when I specify "channels.scm".
> After adding "(guix profiles)" to the "use-modules" in system.scm...
> 
> (use-modules (gnu)
>              (nongnu packages linux)
>              (guix profiles))
> 
> 
> I get a bit further, where guix can't find another form... *Which package
> has "manifest->packages" ?*
> 
> $ guix pull --channels=channels.scm
> ...
> 
> $ guix system reconfigure system.scm
> /home/twashing/dotfiles/system.scm:36:6: error: manifest->packages: unbound
> variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
> 

You have to learn to recognize this class of error.  It means you failed to 
specify the module containing the definition of (manifest->packages) function.  

I do not use it myself, so I don’t know where it is defined.

Also, your package list construction is clunky and round-about.  I recommend 
taking a look at specification->package+output, if I recall correctly, at 
least.  I have had no issues with listing package variables directly.

I am still in the process of refactoring my module collection, but take a look 
at this file in particular to see a very different style of programming Guix.  

You are free to browse the other files for more inspiration, but be warned not 
to replicate the (@ (module) variable) syntax — it ended up backfiring in a 
most subtle of ways, and now I am undoing weeks of work to remove it.

Marek Pasnikowski