From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Brant Gardner" Subject: bug#34580: Service ssh-daemon could not be started Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 07:38:49 -0500 Message-ID: <754a6968-2d9e-431d-a545-7580fd81b7db@www.fastmail.com> References: <20190219212126.GA2371@jurong> <87pnjqm809.fsf@gnu.org> <6d672221-0e2f-40cd-b129-1f893fe13472@www.fastmail.com> <87o8z6kclh.fsf@gnu.org> <75efee63-c5e4-4d7f-aec2-e1afa3a8ba00@www.fastmail.com> <87pnjkzrca.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37506) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iEC31-0003Gb-VD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:42:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iEC30-00063O-E9 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:42:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40633) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iEC30-00062w-AX for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:42:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iEC30-0005go-6d for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:42:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87pnjkzrca.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 34580@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Ludo; Okay, I did those steps exactly: - clone - patch -p1 < your-patch - ./bootstrap - ./configure --localstatedir=3D/var - make check - sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure /path/to/myconfig.scm= - reboot I had no issues or errors at any step and on reboot ssh-daemon tried & f= ailed to start so all went according to plan, but /tmp does *not* have a= ssh log file in it. Not sure where this went sideways, any advice? Thank you, -- Brant Gardner On Sat, Sep 28, 2019, at 04:45, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi Brant, >=20 > "Brant Gardner" skribis: >=20 > > Going to show my ignorance here - I've contributed some packages by > > making things in a 'guix environment' and then extracting patches, b= ut > > what you need me to do is activate a configuration change in a 'live= ' > > guix install (and on a service rather than a package, also new-ish t= o > > me) so it sticks over a reboot. This is not something I've done > > before and I'm not finding docs for it, can you direct me? >=20 > Sure, sorry for not being clearer. >=20 > So you would apply the patch I sent over a fresh checkout of Guix, lik= e > so: >=20 > git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git > cd guix > patch -p1 < the-patch >=20 > Then you need to build Guix from that checkout: >=20 > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-from-Git.html >=20 > Finally, you can reconfigure your system from that checkout with: >=20 > sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure =E2=80=A6 >=20 > Let me know how it goes! >=20 > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. >