From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vicente Vera Subject: Re: (Not GuixSD) Purpose of ~/.config/guix/ & config. files Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:31:26 -0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zel51-0001Iw-JG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:31:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zel4x-0008L4-Q5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:31:31 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d]:34267) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zel4x-0008Kr-MF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:31:27 -0400 Received: by obbda8 with SMTP id da8so34592758obb.1 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:31:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?B?5a6L5paH5q2m?= Cc: Guix-devel Thanks, I get it now. Nice idea that of the Git repo symlink. 2015-09-20 22:02 GMT-03:00 =E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 : > 2015-09-21 2:45 GMT+08:00 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. > 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.