From: Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org, Vagrant Cascadian <guix-devel@gnu.org>, ludo@gnu.org
Subject: Re: tracking /etc/profile.d/*guix.sh in downstream distributions
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 23:37:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <842534819.0ifERbkFSE@bastet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sfbsht02.fsf@wireframe>
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On Friday, May 19, 2023 6:10:53 PM EDT Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> Philip McGrath recently pointed out that the /etc/profile.d/guix.sh
> snippet had not been updating in the Guix packaging for Debian:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/1036304
>
> (and as bonus complication, was also renamed to zzz-guix.sh)
>
> The reason I never noticed before is because it is actually a manual
> process, with this script embedded in the sys_create_init_profile()
> function of etc/guix-install.sh ... and thus easy to miss when updating
> packaging.
>
> What would be the impact of separating the /etc/profile.d/zzz-guix.sh
> into a separate file upstream? Would guix-install.sh need to be adjusted
> to guix-install.sh.in so as to embed the contents of this file?
>
I think this would also make it easier for Guix contributors to edit the file.
When I sent a patch for it, Ludo’ and I both got to learn about the obscure
feature of Bash here documents it uses: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/56050#11
Ludo’s informal poll results suggest that others would be confused, too:
https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@civodul/108590952454715930
> Alternately, maybe guix-install.sh could be updated to optionally output
> or generate the zzz-guix.sh file either by passing commandline arguments
> or some other conditional mechanism?
>
One reason I use Vagrant's packaging for Debian is that otherwise, Guix has no
mechanism at all for updating the /etc/profile.d/ script, the default
authorized substitute keys, etc. That's not exactly the same problem, but a
solution that works well for downstream packagers seems like it make updates
for other users an easier problem to address.
Philip
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-20 3:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-19 22:10 tracking /etc/profile.d/*guix.sh in downstream distributions Vagrant Cascadian
2023-05-20 3:37 ` Philip McGrath [this message]
2023-05-25 0:45 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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