From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vincent Legoll Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Update skarnet packages Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:52:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1469729157-18253-1-git-send-email-eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr> <20160730115703.55facc9e@itchy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45669) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bTRsK-0003tT-5U for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:52:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bTRsI-0002WJ-8r for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:52:11 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-x243.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::243]:33506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bTRsI-0002WE-40 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:52:10 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-x243.google.com with SMTP id x189so495915qkd.0 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2016 03:52:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160730115703.55facc9e@itchy> 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: Eric Le Bihan Cc: guix-devel Hello, > I haven't looked at GuixSD too deeply. Are you trying to use s6 as init > system for a Guix-based set-up? If so, I'll post a patch to add s6-rc > [1], the service manager for s6-based systems, to complete the skarnet > stack. I've read about s6 in the past, but still never tried it, so when I saw your posts, I thought maybe now is the time... But my digging in guix/guixsd is, as yours, only started a few weeks ago, and the learning curve is kind of steep as I also am starting with scheme at the same time. > Note that the author of s6 only provides mechanisms for managing > services, not policies. So, you'll still need to write the later. You > may find more information and examples in my attempt to use s6 as init > for embedded systems [2]. Thanks, I'll have a look... -- Vincent Legoll