Hi! André Alexandre Gomes <[email protected]> skribis:
> First of all, thank you, I'm a happy user :) Thanks for the kind words. :-) > I noticed that xlockmore exists in my /gnu/store, since it's part of > %desktop-services. When I look at all packages installed in the system > (M-x guix-installed-system-packages), it's not there. I think this is > the reason why I can't access the man pages of xlockmore without > installing it on my user profile. Xlockmore is installed as a setuid program, you can see it under /run/setuid-programs. Consequently, it does not show up in the “system profile”, /run/current-system/profile, which is why M-x guix-installed-system-packages does not show it. > I had a similar experience with xorg-server---again not listed in > the system packages. This is a similar story: Xorg is available on your machine for use by the Xorg service, but it’s not available in the system profile. > My questions: > > - is this is "bug or a feature"? Feature? :-) Namely, not all the packages “in use” by various parts of the system need to be in a profile. > - are there other more "comfortable" ways to access the man pages of > such packages? You can always do things like: guix environment --ad-hoc man-db xorg-server -- man Xorg HTH! Ludo’.
