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

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

[Vicente Vera]

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.

I was wondering if the ~/.config/guix/ directory is used for something
else apart from the case described above.

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?

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

[宋文武]

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.

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

[Vicente Vera]

Thanks, I get it now. Nice idea that of the Git repo symlink.

2015-09-20 22:02 GMT-03:00 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.