From: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com>
To: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the difference between the directories in / and in /run/current-system/profile?
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:31:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEEhgEv9K1X8BkZbRU2vYH5Bau1eku_mvjNAq=HHP1mmtFvt2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875xw0161o.fsf@lease-up.com>
Thanks for the info
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 11:34 AM Felix Lechner
<felix.lechner@lease-up.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Nathaniel,
>
> On Sat, Apr 27 2024, Nathan Dehnel wrote:
>
> > These directories are in both locations.
>
> As you already figured out, they contain different things.
>
> > What does it mean for a file to be in one place vs the other?
>
> Files in /var and /etc hold some form of local system state, plus logs.
>
> Files in your system profile's 'var' provide data that packages are
> expected to deposit there.
>
> For 'etc' it's basically the same, except for configuration files. Many
> of those are actually in the store by themselves---and that's really the
> goal for Guix.
>
> My /bin is empty, except for /bin/sh. The profile's bin holds symbolic
> links to all 'bin' files from packages in your current profile. The
> profile's 'bin' is how your shell finds programs. (It should also look
> in /run/setuid-programs.)
>
> Ideally, / would be empty, except for /gnu/store and mount points for
> /home and /root. Some folks run / on a tmpfs and manage to get pretty
> close. One challenge is that we haven't figured out what to do with
> secrets. The store is public, so they can't go there.
>
> Please don't despair. Guix is totally different from other operating
> systems, but it makes a great deal of sense once you get used to it.
> That may involve a year of intense adjustment, or more.
>
> Kind regards
> Felix
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2024-04-27 22:41 What is the difference between the directories in / and in /run/current-system/profile? Nathan Dehnel
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