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Subject: Re: Why the package `shadow' is not installed by default in the
	latest GuixSD image?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:29:32 +0200
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To: =?utf-8?B?R8O2a3R1xJ8=?= Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com>
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Hi,

G=C3=B6ktu=C4=9F Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com> skribis:

> I have recently reported a weird issue with X11 here, and am now
> retrying to install GuixSD on that same machine on which I had the
> issue.  Now another trouble that I encounter during the installation is
> that the shadow package is no installed on my machine, and thus I don't
> have access to the =E2=80=98passwd=E2=80=99 command in order to set a roo=
t password and
> proceed w/ installation thru ssh.  Is this a deliberate choice to leave
> out this package from the installation media or a bug?  It's not that
> important as I'm installing shadow via =E2=80=98guix package -i=E2=80=99 =
ATM but it
> takes time (compiles stuff) unnecessarily.

I think the rationale was that you don=E2=80=99t need =E2=80=98useradd=E2=
=80=99 & co. on GuixSD,
but you definitely need =E2=80=98passwd=E2=80=99 so I agree that we should =
add it.
Done:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=3Dc0f5eee4b2cc737be=
222c4ba331d0c6373d565eb

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.