From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Jordan Subject: Re: feedback as solicited by Guix manual (Section 7.1.5) Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:22:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87bn3kyaro.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <574B8D1E.6080000@ethan-stefan.net> <20160531155854.GA27525@jasmine> <87oa7mxk8b.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <20160531175659.GA17589@jasmine> <87mvn6xehy.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <8760tundc2.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 ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8BkG-0007op-Lg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:24:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8BkD-0006eu-EL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:24:00 -0400 In-reply-to: <8760tundc2.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Good Day Ludovic Court=C3=A8s and everyone, > This is really a bug: =E2=80=98cow-store=E2=80=99 should bind mount /mn= t/tmp like you > did. I=E2=80=99ll push a fix shortly. > > I suppose one doesn=E2=80=99t need swap if /tmp is backed by a real dis= k, too. > > Last, ideally, you=E2=80=99d get substitutes for every package during t= he > installation, and thus having /tmp in RAM wouldn=E2=80=99t matter much. > > Anyway, thanks for reporting it! No problem, you are welcome. Although it didn't cross my mind that it would be considered a bug. > I=E2=80=99ve come to think that =E2=80=98cfdisk=E2=80=99 is easier than= Parted=E2=80=99s CLI. WDYT? > > Rather than listing this relatively long list of Parted commands, > perhaps we should provide a tool akin to what Debian=E2=80=99s installe= r has, > where it offers =E2=80=9Cstandard=E2=80=9D partitioning profiles that p= eople can use. > This could be implemented using the Guile bindings of GNUfdisk or > something like that. > > Thoughts? This sounds like a decent idea! If it's CLI tool that would be helpful in automated installs. And speaking of automated installs, would it be possible to add lsh/openssh and wget to the USB install image? Would be great if there was an ISO image as well. While seemingly old fashioned tools like Packer (https://www.packer.io/) can use them to automate image creation. ^_^ And one more question, is there a central place I can look to find/research guile bindings? Sincerely, --=20 Matthew Jordan Sent with my mu4e