Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

[sirgazil]

Hi,

The Guix System 1.0.0 installer has a bug that makes it generate operating system configuration files that don't include the %base-packages (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541). The configuration file of the system I installed was initially generated by the installer, so I had to add the base packages by hand. Now, I'm reading the Services section in the manual and I see that there is a %base-services variable. My configuration file does not include this. Should one expect the configuration file generated by the installer to include these services too?

Thanks,


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Re: Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

[Timothy Sample]

Hi sirgazil,

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> The Guix System 1.0.0 installer has a bug that makes it generate
> operating system configuration files that don't include the
> %base-packages
> (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541). The
> configuration file of the system I installed was initially generated
> by the installer, so I had to add the base packages by hand. Now, I'm
> reading the Services section in the manual and I see that there is a
> %base-services variable. My configuration file does not include
> this. Should one expect the configuration file generated by the
> installer to include these services too?

Does your configuration have “%desktop-services” instead?  The
“%desktop-services” list includes everything from “%base-services”.


-- Tim

Re: Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

[sirgazil]

Hi Tim,

---- On Wed, 08 May 2019 19:35:45 -0500 Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> wrote ----

 > Hi sirgazil, 
 >  
 > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes: 
 >  
 > > Hi, 
 > > 
 > > The Guix System 1.0.0 installer has a bug that makes it generate 
 > > operating system configuration files that don't include the 
 > > %base-packages 
 > > (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541). The 
 > > configuration file of the system I installed was initially generated 
 > > by the installer, so I had to add the base packages by hand. Now, I'm 
 > > reading the Services section in the manual and I see that there is a 
 > > %base-services variable. My configuration file does not include 
 > > this. Should one expect the configuration file generated by the 
 > > installer to include these services too? 
 >  
 > Does your configuration have “%desktop-services” instead?  The 
 > “%desktop-services” list includes everything from “%base-services”. 

Yes, %desktop-services is there. So I guess it's fine.

I still have no working CD/DVD (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35584) and bluetooth, so I thought maybe not having “%base-services” had something to do with that.

Thanks for your help :)