Re: NAS drive

[Roy Lemmon <roy@roylemmon.com>]

Hi,

Thanks for the explanation. It makes a lot of sense to me. I will try this
later tonight.

Cheers
Roy.

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, 18:46 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, <me@tobias.gr> wrote:

> Roy Lemmon 写道：
> > Sorry but it's been a long day ...
>
> Here too :-)
>
> > I have to specify the nfs package don't I ?
>
> The ‘NFS package’ in
>
>   (file-append nfs-utils "/sbin/mount.nfs")
>
> is nfs-utils, which is a variable defined in the (gnu packages
> nfs) Guile module.
>
> As you note, modules need to be imported first, which is what
>
> > (use-modules (gnu packages nfs))
> > (use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg mail)
>
> does.  This is the correct variant for your use case: you care
> only about the package which provides mount.nfs to clients, not
> about the server which is what (gnu services nfs) provides.
>
> Aside: the above snippet is completely equivalent to both:
>
>   (use-modules (gnu packages nfs))
>   (use-modules (gnu services desktop)
>                (gnu services networking)
>                (gnu services ssh)
>                (gnu services xorg)
>                (gnu services mail))
>
> and
>
>   (use-package-modules nfs)
>   (use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg mail)
>
> USE-{PACKAGE,SERVICE}-MODULES is Guix-specific syntactic sugar
> that saves a lot of space and typing when you're importing many
> package & service modules, as most people do.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
>