Re: (Not GuixSD) Purpose of ~/.config/guix/ & config. files

[宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com>]

2015-09-21 2:45 GMT+08:00 Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com>:
> Hello.
>
> After running 'guix pull' (as root) with a fresh binary installation
> directory ~root/.config/guix/ was created, which contains a "latest"
> symlink pointing to /gnu/store/...-guix-latest/.
>
> Since I work as a regular user, I noticed that Guix wasn't picking up
> changes from the updated distribution. Creating a ~luser/.config/guix/
> directory with the same "latest" symlink solved the problem. Now after
> every 'guix pull' I have to manually update the symlink.
Yes, by this way, every user can manage his own guix packages distro.
And I have symlink both to a git checkout of guix.
>
> I was wondering if the ~/.config/guix/ directory is used for something
> else apart from the case described above.
I can't find other thing, but only `latest'.
>
> On another note, what's the appropiate, Guix-y way of storing
> configuration files such as dotfiles, etc. (to be read by Guix
> installed programs) when using Guix atop another GNU/Linux distro?
Guix doesn't have any tricks for those files now.