Table of Contents _________________ 1. What I'm trying to do 2. What I've tried 3. The problem 4. The question
Newbie: How to define a package that creates files in ~/.config? 1 What I'm trying to do ======================= I want to define a package that downloads a file from a git repository and puts the file under a directory in `~/.config/' (specifically, `~/.config/ibus/rime/') 2 What I've tried ================= I've defined a module containing the definition of a package that tries to accomplish that goal. It uses `install-file' to copy the downloaded files to the desired location (please see code block below) ,---- | cat ~/my/packages/rime.scm `---- ,---- | (define-module (rime) | #:use-module (guix licenses) | #:use-module (guix packages) | #:use-module (guix gexp) | #:use-module (guix build-system trivial) | #:use-module (guix git-download)) | | (define-public rime-wubi | (package | (name "rime-wubi") | (version "1.0") | (source (origin | (method git-fetch) | (uri (git-reference | (url "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi";) | (commit "f1876f08f1d4a9696395be0070c0e8e4353c44cb"))) | (file-name (git-file-name name version)) | (sha256 | (base32 | "1d9y9rqssacria9d0hla96czsqv2wkfm6z926m1x269ryv96zxvk")))) | (build-system trivial-build-system) | (arguments | (list | #:modules `((guix build utils)) | #:builder | #~(begin | (use-modules (guix build utils)) | (chdir (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source")) | (install-file "wubi86.dict.yaml" (string-append #$output "/.config/ibus/rime")) | (install-file "wubi86.schema.yaml" (string-append #$output "/.config/ibus/rime"))))) | (synopsis "Wubi86 schema and dictionary for RIME") | (description "This package contains a dictionary and a schema definition for the 86 | version of Wubi, a shape-based input method for Chinese characters.") | (home-page "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi";) | (license lgpl3))) `---- The package is installed without no problems. ,---- | export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH="$HOME/my/packages" | guix package -i rime-wubi `---- ,---- | The following package will be installed: | rime-wubi 1.0 | `---- ,---- | echo $? `---- ,---- | 0 `---- 3 The problem ============= However, the files `wubi86.dict.yaml' and `wubi86.schema.yaml' are installed in `~/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime' (see code block below) ,---- | find -L /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config `---- ,---- | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.dict.yaml | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.schema.yaml `---- Those files don't appear in `~/.config/ibus/rime' (the location I want them to exist in) ,---- | find ~/.config/ibus/rime `---- ,---- | /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime | /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime/default.custom.yaml `---- 4 The question ============== How to define a package that install files to any directory under `~/.config/'?
