From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Config files without corresponding program Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:50:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87o96ihb5j.fsf@nckx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32aO-0003Jd-K0 for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:50:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32aM-0007VO-OC for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:50:08 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:53840) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32aL-0007Se-D7 for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:50:06 -0400 In-reply-to: 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: mikadoZero Cc: Guix-devel@gnu.org 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