From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
Cc: 35641@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#35641] [PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths.
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:14:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v9yizc2p.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9yksrfd.fsf@ngyro.com> (Timothy Sample's message of "Wed, 08 May 2019 14:59:50 -0400")
Hi,
Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> skribis:
> I avoided doing this when fixing up GDM because it seemed a little
> ham-fisted (clumsy). However, I think it is better than all the ink
> that would be spilled on help-guix without it.
The e-ink, you mean.
> In short, the point is to make sure that D-Bus services included in a
> user’s profile can be found and started by the session bus. This means
> that if you are using GDM and install “evolution-data-server” and
> “gnome-calendar” (for example), the session bus will be able to start
> all of the services that GNOME Calendar needs to function correctly.
> There are a handful of major GNOME applications that need this.
>
> Furthermore, I think we should add “evolution-data-server” as a
> propagated input for packages that require it. This way, things like
> “guix install evolution” will just work the way one expects.
Sounds like a worthy goal. :-)
> Is it okay to assume that “.guix-profile” is the user’s profile like
> this? If it isn’t okay in general, is it okay enough for now?
In this particular case, I’d say it’s OK.
Do we have any other option on the table anyway?
>>From e32c27dfa950d250520c3c8ecccba90add863639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 09:13:14 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths.
>
> This partially addresses <https://bugs.gnu.org/35267>.
>
> * gnu/services/xorg.scm (dbus-daemon-wrapper): When '$HOME' is set,
> include directories from '$HOME/.guix-profile' in the search paths of
> the D-Bus daemon.
[...]
> + (program-file
> + "gdm-dbus-wrapper"
> + #~(begin
> + (use-modules (srfi srfi-26))
Same thing with a few comment explaining what you wrote above would be
great.
LGTM!
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-08 18:59 [bug#35641] [PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths Timothy Sample
2019-05-10 13:14 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2019-05-11 17:45 ` bug#35641: " Timothy Sample
2019-05-12 21:17 ` [bug#35641] " Ludovic Courtès
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