myglc2 <[email protected]> writes: Please note clarifications ...
> Running GuixSD I am using git checkout 'b006ba5 [behind 15] pull: Update > the version string.' with ‘/home/g1/.config/guix/latest’ -> > ‘../../src/guix’ > > When I do 'guix system vm-image'; run the image; and do 'M-x > guix-installed-system-packages' I see a bunch of packages with a "-" > showing in the Synopsis column and "(This package is obsolete)" shows > in the "Outputs" field. > > In an earlier exchange, Alex explained that this means that the version > of the package found in the store _does not match_ the package version > specified by the version of guix in use by emacs. I hope I got that > right :-0 > > 'guix system reconfigure system.scm' seems to be using my git checkout > just fine because with ... > > (with-eval-after-load 'geiser-guile > (add-to-list 'geiser-guile-load-path "~/src/guix")) > > ... in my emacs init file, I don't see any "obsolete" packages when I do > 'M-x guix-installed-system-packages' ... on the "builder" machine on which I created the image. > > So... I developed the theory that 'guix system vm-image' was using a > obsolete version of guix from the store instead of the version in my my > git checkout (confused yet?). > > So I add guix to 'system.scm' ... and used 'guix system reconfigure system.scm' on the "builder" machine ... > to put it in the store in hopes that 'guix > system vm_image' would pick it up from there. I still have "obsolete" > packages showing in my vm-image. > > So... heeeeeere is the question: > > How do I control which version of guix is built into an image? > > TIA - George > > Attached: script (img) used to make and run the vm-image and referenced > configs.
