conf file - where is it ?

conf file - where is it ?

[Catonano]

After quite some time I run Guix again, this time in a Qemu based vm

With the vm provided on the download page

The manual (linked from the download page, it's here
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html ) says
that the configuration file used t produce that image is in the tree

But I can't find it

I'd like to reconfigure my machine but using its own conf file as a
starting point

Thanks

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Vincent Legoll]

Hello,

On 03/05/2020 20:41, Catonano wrote:
> After quite some time I run Guix again, this time in a Qemu based vm

I'm on the same boat

> With the vm provided on the download page
> 
> The manual (linked from the download page, it's here
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html ) says
> that the configuration file used t produce that image is in the tree
> 
> But I can't find it
> 
> I'd like to reconfigure my machine but using its own conf file as a
> starting point

This has already been reported (by others and myself) and has been
fixed but new images have not been generated since. The next ones
will be good.

See:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=9d0b9c7c6c0b0d45653dea80b499314ea415d3c7

-- 
Vincent Legoll

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Catonano]

Il giorno dom 3 mag 2020 alle ore 20:55 Vincent Legoll <
vincent.legoll@gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hello,
>
> On 03/05/2020 20:41, Catonano wrote:
> > After quite some time I run Guix again, this time in a Qemu based vm
>
> I'm on the same boat
>
> > With the vm provided on the download page
> >
> > The manual (linked from the download page, it's here
> > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html )
> says
> > that the configuration file used t produce that image is in the tree
> >
> > But I can't find it
> >
> > I'd like to reconfigure my machine but using its own conf file as a
> > starting point
>
> This has already been reported (by others and myself) and has been
> fixed but new images have not been generated since. The next ones
> will be good.
>
> See:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=9d0b9c7c6c0b0d45653dea80b499314ea415d3c7
>
>
Thank you Vincent !

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Catonano]

Il giorno dom 3 mag 2020 alle ore 21:54 Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> Il giorno dom 3 mag 2020 alle ore 20:55 Vincent Legoll <
> vincent.legoll@gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> Thank you Vincent !
>
>
ehm... and how will I know when it's been updated ?

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

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Catonano,

Catonano 写道：
> ehm... and how will I know when it's been updated ?

The release manager (i.e. Ludo') sends a message to the list when 
there's a new release, and it's generally a big deal.  A minor 
bugfix release would be no different.

However, there's no reason to download binary snapshots from 
gnu.org if you have Guix installed.  In fact I'd recommend against 
it.

Any reason you can't guix pull && build it yourself?

Kind regards,

T G-R

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Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Catonano]

Il giorno sab 9 mag 2020 alle ore 19:14 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
ha scritto:

> Catonano,
>
> Catonano 写道：
> > ehm... and how will I know when it's been updated ?
>
> The release manager (i.e. Ludo') sends a message to the list when
> there's a new release, and it's generally a big deal.  A minor
> bugfix release would be no different.
>
> However, there's no reason to download binary snapshots from
> gnu.org if you have Guix installed.  In fact I'd recommend against
> it.
>
> Any reason you can't guix pull && build it yourself?
>
>

I haven't Guix installed.

I'm running Ubuntu and I'm a bit wary of installing Guix on top of it
because I remember the obsessive reporting by apparmor about Guix
attempting to do something

Also, I don't want the package manager, I want the whole distro

That's why I chose to run the image for Qemu, so I could have the whole
thing but without managing (too much) operating systems, which I despise

My idea was that I would have used the configuration file as a starting
point for reconfiguring the machine running in Qemu

But it's not a big deal, I'll wait

Thank you Tobias !

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

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Hiho,

Catonano 写道：
> My idea was that I would have used the configuration file as a 
> starting
> point for reconfiguring the machine running in Qemu

Right.  But if that's the case, you can just
- keep the 1.1.0 VM,
- download the configuration file[0] to it (which hasn't changed),
- then edit it and reconfigure.

No?  You want to reconfigure this VM, so it must have network 
access.

Either you're confusing two things (that you/we must rebuild a 
huge VM image just to include a tiny text file[0] that hasn't 
changed), or I am.

The latter is entirely likely ;-)

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl

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Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Catonano]

Il giorno sab 9 mag 2020 alle ore 20:12 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
ha scritto:

> Hiho,
>
> Catonano 写道：
> > My idea was that I would have used the configuration file as a
> > starting
> > point for reconfiguring the machine running in Qemu
>
> Right.  But if that's the case, you can just
> - keep the 1.1.0 VM,
> - download the configuration file[0] to it (which hasn't changed),
> - then edit it and reconfigure.
>
> No?  You want to reconfigure this VM, so it must have network
> access.
>
> Either you're confusing two things (that you/we must rebuild a
> huge VM image just to include a tiny text file[0] that hasn't
> changed), or I am.
>
> The latter is entirely likely ;-)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
>
> [0]:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl



I simply didn't know where the conf file was, in the guix tree ☺

Of course I can grab it and use it to reconfigure my machine !!

Thanks !!

Vincent Legoll this could be of help for you too, couldn't it ?

Re: conf file - where is it ?

[Vincent Legoll]

On 09/05/2020 20:31, Catonano wrote:
> Vincent Legoll this could be of help for you too, couldn't it ?

I had to recreate my VM anyways, so that was not really a problem,
but yes it could have.

-- 
Vincent Legoll