From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Guix with Debian GNU/Linux Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:47:14 +0100 Message-ID: <87bn97q15p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871ta4m4o0.fsf@grrlz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34933) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEKqG-0007yM-Dh for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:47:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEKqD-0003un-8S for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:47:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <871ta4m4o0.fsf@grrlz.net> (Ni's message of "Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:45:03 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ni* Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Ni* skribis: > From using GuixSD I know that as little files as possible should be > created in /etc. When using Guix alone, is this still the recommended > way of doing things? Most of the time, you can choose where to store config files, in /etc or elsewhere. > What I need to know for a server environment is, if I install tor and > serve non-exit tor relays, will the config be read from the location I > am used to (/etc/tor/) or does it differ? (same about httpd/nginx, etc) Most programs allow you to choose which configuration file to use. For instance, one can run: tor -f /path/to/torrc and Tor will pick its config file from there. I think the same is true of nginx and httpd. > What are things I should look for and be careful about? What can be > removed from the hostsystem, what needs to stay? Compared to GuixSD, a couple of things need tweaking to work smoothly; see . As to what to keep in the host distro, it=E2=80=99s up to you! In some cases, you=E2=80=99ll have to make a binary choice; for instance, i= f you use Guile from Guix, you=E2=80=99ll have to use Guile packages (say, Guile-= SSH, Guile-JSON, etc.) from Guix as well since otherwise they would end up loading different variants of libguile.so and libc.so. > Are guix updates handled the same way as they are done in GuixSD > (guix pull ; guix package -u)? Yes. Out of curiosity, what are the technical reasons that led you to prefer Guix-over-Debian rather than GuixSD, since you tried GuixSD already? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.