If this becomes default, would it make sense for 'guix system reconfigure' to be able to run without a configuration file and just use the default?
Den 28. aug. 2017 18.46 skrev "Alex Kost" <[email protected]>: > Ludovic Courtès (2017-08-28 14:04 +0200) wrote: > > > Hi Mekeor, > > > > (I think you forgot to Cc: the list.) > > > > Mekeor Melire <[email protected]> skribis: > > > >> Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > >> > >>> Hello Guix! > >>> > >>> Following a discussion we had at the GHM today, here’s the tip of the > >>> day! > >> > >> Greetings to everyone at GHM! > >> > >>> But wait: we can already store the config file in the instantiated > >>> system! Here’s how: > >>> > >>> (operating-system > >>> ;; … > >>> (services (cons (simple-service 'store-my-config > >>> etc-service-type > >>> `(("config.scm" > >>> ,(local-file (assoc-ref > >>> > (current-source-location) > >>> 'filename))))) > >>> …))) > >>> > >>> You instantiate that, and then /etc/config.scm (aka. > >>> /run/current-system/etc/config.scm, > >>> aka. /var/guix/profiles/system/etc/config.scm) contains the config > file. > >> > >> Because of the frequent demand for it, I think it would make sense to > >> offer this as pre-defined service by default, as part of Guix itself. > >> What do you think? > > I was going to write the same: I also think it would be good to make > this service the default one, so that we can always point a user to the > system config the current system was reconfigured with. > > -- > Alex > >
