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Subject: Re: Proxy settings wrt guix daemon
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:26:15 +0200
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Hi,

Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com> skribis:

> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 5:00 PM Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> So my recommendation would be to fix [4] specifically for =E2=80=98guix-=
daemon=E2=80=99
>> by adding a =E2=80=98set-proxy=E2=80=99 action or something.
>
> Trying to understand what that would imply, I stumbled upon my
> ignorance of how to test attempts at implementing that.
>
> Would the following be useful :
> make + pre-inst guix system container in a git checkout / branch
> with modifications to nix/libstore/builtins.cc::builtinDownload (for
> the server part)
>
> Then how to implement the "asking the server to change its
> proxy setting" ? Where should I look ?
>
> What UI (client-side) ?
>
> `guix daemon set-proxy` or something like that ?
>
> I.e. I'm willing to try, but will need guidance...

I was proposing a custom action for the Shepherd service, just like the
mcron Shepherd service has a custom =E2=80=98schedule=E2=80=99 action that =
one can
invoke with =E2=80=9Cherd schedule mcron=E2=80=9D.

Hope that=E2=80=99s clearer!

Ludo=E2=80=99.