Re: how does mounting work?

[Marco van Hulten <marco@hulten.org>]

Hello Ludo'—

Je 25 aug 00:23 skribis Ludovic:
> Marco van Hulten <marco@hulten.org> skribis:
> 
> > I tried 'gvfs-mount', but now I'm quite sure it isn't that:
> >
> >
> > $ gvfs-mount --list
> > This tool has been deprecated, use 'gio mount' instead.
> > See 'gio help mount' for more info.
> >
> > /home/marco/.guix-profile/bin/gvfs-mount: line 13: exec: gio: not found
> >
> >
> > But this does look like something that wants fixing.  Maybe gvfs-mount
> > is a wrong or an unnecessary dependency of some other package.  
> 
> I just checked and glib:bin provides that ‘gio’ command.  I guess we
> should fix ‘gvfs-mount’ to refer to ‘gio’ by its absolute file name.

Yes, that's useful.  No high priority (at least concerning me).

> In the meantime, you can run:
> 
>   guix environment --ad-hoc glib:bin -- gio mount

Thank you, this works.

—Marco