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To: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
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John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2019. okt. 7., H=C3=
=A9t 4:12):

> Hi there,
>
> > (services
> >    (append
> >     (list (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
> >   (service etc-service-type
> >    (list `("os-release" ,(plain-file "os-release"
> >      "PRETTY_NAME=3DGuix-System"))))
> >   (set-xorg-configuration
> >    (xorg-configuration
> >     (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
> >     %desktop-services)))
> >
> > Trying to run this reconfigure will cause an error for 'more than one
> etc service'
>
> You will want to use modify-services to modify the existing etc-service i=
n
> %desktop-services. Check out the services reference in the manual:
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Service-Reference.html
>
> An example might be:
>
> (modify-services %desktop-services
>   (etc-service-type conf
>     (do-something-to conf)))
>
> Then you can append the new ones onto the modified services.
>
If you just want to add a file, you could extend it using
extra-special-file.

>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> John
>
>
>