From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] services: Add sddm service.
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:32:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wpitm7m3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zinqsd2a.fsf@member.fsf.org> ("宋文武"'s message of "Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:26:05 +0800")
Hi!
iyzsong@member.fsf.org (宋文武) skribis:
> [...]
>> +
>> +(define (sddm-activation config)
>> + "Return the activation gexp for CONFIG."
>> + #~(begin
>> + (symlink #$(sddm-configuration-file config) "/etc/sddm.conf")))
>
> I don't know the behavior of activation when reconfigure services,
‘guix system reconfigure’ runs the new system’s activation script.
> but this `symlink' call will fail when the file already exists.
Indeed.
> And to put files to /etc, it's better to extend the `etc-service-type'.
Agreed.
However, it’s even better to avoid populating /etc altogether; ideally
/etc should contain only global configuration files, such as
nsswitch.conf.
Could you instead pass the configuration file via a command-line option
or environment variable?
> Oh, finally we get a modern display manager, thanks!
Seconded. Thank you!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-03 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-01 15:57 [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag David Craven
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 2/9] activation: Allow /var/lib to be a home directory David Craven
2016-09-02 11:54 ` 宋文武
2016-09-02 15:31 ` Vincent Legoll
2016-09-02 17:13 ` ng0
2016-09-02 17:19 ` David Craven
2016-09-03 13:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 3/9] services: Export initrc David Craven
2016-09-03 13:34 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-03 13:34 ` David Craven
2016-09-03 17:33 ` David Craven
2016-09-05 8:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 4/9] services: syslog: Use syslog-configuration David Craven
2016-09-02 12:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 5/9] gnu: Add prefix to license imports in (gnu packages display-managers) David Craven
2016-09-02 12:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 6/9] gnu: Add greenisland David Craven
2016-09-02 13:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-03 17:03 ` David Craven
2016-09-05 8:43 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-05 11:44 ` David Craven
2016-09-07 6:50 ` Mark H Weaver
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 7/9] gnu: Add sddm David Craven
2016-09-02 12:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 8/9] services: Add sddm service David Craven
2016-09-02 12:26 ` 宋文武
2016-09-03 13:32 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-09-03 13:34 ` David Craven
2016-09-03 13:36 ` David Craven
2016-09-05 8:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-05 8:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-01 15:57 ` [PATCH 9/9] gnu: Add weston David Craven
2016-09-01 16:00 ` David Craven
2016-09-03 13:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-04 14:01 ` David Craven
2016-09-05 21:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-06 16:03 ` David Craven
2016-09-07 6:45 ` Mark H Weaver
2016-09-07 7:08 ` David Craven
2016-09-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag ng0
2016-09-02 12:24 ` David Craven
2016-09-02 12:58 ` ng0
2016-09-02 13:00 ` David Craven
2016-09-03 13:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-03 13:44 ` David Craven
2016-09-05 8:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-02 15:37 ` Leo Famulari
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