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From: phodina via <help-guix@gnu.org>
To: "help-guix@gnu.org" <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Installing file outside package in /etc
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:30:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dVfwn-h08UkYk38jgrhlhw3bTvyzwf7l92F9QlO6JK7dV-d8xiIbLENKexKT44TqzDWgd17n5PWFm2YPjrS8NQmuTPoG4y2KK25lEYceAaM=@protonmail.com> (raw)

I'm creating a package for application which needs to install file outside of the derivation directory.

The file in question is /etc/sudoers.d but it can be generalized for other things like udev etc. I understand this won't be trivial since it modifies the system and will probably require some wrapper with higher privileges. However, I could not find any section in the Guix reference Manual.

The file is installed in the install phase. Is it the right phase or shall I use different? If so how do I patch it?

Also if I compare the contents of GuixSD to NixOS, then the NixOS has more files linked to /etc/static/ which then links to /nix/store. Could somebody please explain what were/are the thoughts behind this?

Kind regards
Petr Hodina

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             reply	other threads:[~2021-04-24  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-24  9:30 phodina via [this message]
2021-04-24 14:44 ` Installing file outside package in /etc Sergiu Ivanov
2021-04-28 11:02   ` Utkarsh Singh
2021-04-28 11:05     ` Sergiu Ivanov

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