Re: Config files without corresponding program

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <somebody@not-sent-or-endorsed-by.tobias.gr>]

Hullo once more,

mikadoZero wrote:
> When I first installed Guix SD I followed the instructions in 
> the
> manual.  I modeled my system off of the example system 
> configuration
> template 'for a "bare bones" setup, with no X11 display server' 
> from
> "8.1 Using the Configuration System" of the manual.
>
> In the home directories for both root and another user there 
> where
> configuration files that did not have a corresponding program 
> installed.
> The configuration files in question were:
>
> guile-wm - guile-wm
> gdbinit - gdb
> Xdefaults - xorg
> zprofile - zsh
>
> Is there a reason why does installing Guix SD leave these 
> configuration
> files in the home directories?

These files are created by DEFAULT-SKELETONS in (gnu system 
shadow) to make those programmes play well with Guix, because 
there's no way to tell when or if the user will use them.  So 
everything is fine.

Kind regards,

T G-R