Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread elaexuotee
This is a good point. The naming of `/manifest' does invite confusion when first encountering it. That said, I am pretty sure there is a place for `/manifest.scm'. Given the `--manifest' option to several commands, it makes profiles first class. In particular, it would let users easily `guix

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread George Clemmer
Ludovic Courtès writes: > elaexuo...@wilsonb.com skribis: >> First, am I missing something? Is there a better/preferred way to make use of >> the `manifest' files in profiles? > You’re not missing anything: it’s a longstanding source of confusion > that these ‘manifest’ files are not like

Re: Helping with powerpc64-linux

2020-06-15 Thread lle-bout
On 6/14/20 4:41 AM, Chris Marusich wrote: > Hi Léo, > > As you know, I'm still investigating why the powerpc64-linux bootstrap > binaries (really just GCC) are not reproducible [1]. Eventually, if we > can't figure it out, we might want to just bite the bullet and use the > non-reproducible

Re: Blog post on Further reduced bootstrap seed to 25%

2020-06-15 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello Jan, Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > Hello Guix! > > I’ve published a post about the second big reduction of the Guix > bootstrap binaries > > https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/guix-further-reduces-bootstrap-seed-to-25/ > > Thanks to the recent merge of ‘core-updates’ some weeks days ago,

Re: Blog post on Further reduced bootstrap seed to 25%

2020-06-15 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi Janneke, On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:54:39 +0200 Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > I’ve published a post about the second big reduction of the Guix > bootstrap binaries > > https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/guix-further-reduces-bootstrap-seed-to-25/ "again decided to sponsor this work" link is broken

Re: [PATCH] sql: Add a couple of indexes.

2020-06-15 Thread Christopher Baines
zimoun writes: > Hi Chris, > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 12:48, Christopher Baines wrote: > >>> --8<---cut here---start->8--- >>> 65.7% substitutes available (9,425 out of 14,354) >>> at least 57,816.3 MiB of nars (compressed) >>> 97,343.9 MiB on disk

Latest download from website

2020-06-15 Thread Mathieu Othacehe
Hello, Here's a wip patch for the website. It adds a new "download/latest" page allowing to download the latest Guix System images from Cuirass. I've merged all the required mechanisms in Guix and Cuirass, now most of the remaining work is "cosmetic" (and that's not my cup of tea). Anyway, the

Blog post on Further reduced bootstrap seed to 25%

2020-06-15 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Hello Guix! I’ve published a post about the second big reduction of the Guix bootstrap binaries https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/guix-further-reduces-bootstrap-seed-to-25/ Thanks to the recent merge of ‘core-updates’ some weeks days ago, the set of bootstrap binaries now weighs in at

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread elaexuotee
zimoun, In response to your previous email, I gave a long-form reply to the general discussion. However, I just want to note that the personal issue I am encountering isn't with user profiles; instead it is with those generated by `guix environment'. In particular, I was trying to use `guix

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread elaexuotee
> It is more "complicated" than that. The detailed explanations are in > the mega thread. :-) In short and from my understanding, going from > "/manifest" to "-m manifest.scm" cannot be done in the general > case because two concepts -- imperative vs declarative -- are not well > aligned.

Re: [PATCH] sql: Add a couple of indexes.

2020-06-15 Thread zimoun
Hi Chris, On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 12:48, Christopher Baines wrote: >> --8<---cut here---start->8--- >> 65.7% substitutes available (9,425 out of 14,354) >> at least 57,816.3 MiB of nars (compressed) >> 97,343.9 MiB on disk (uncompressed) >> 0.010

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 17:24, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > I think there were several issues we discussed: > > 1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing > an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be > deceptive. > > 2. It’s easy to

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread zimoun
Dear, On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 10:40, elaexuo...@wilsonb.com wrote: > In an attempt to tar up the *build* environment for a package to share with a > colleague, I encountered this: > > [env]$ guix pack -m $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/manifest > (manifest ...): Wrong number of arguments > > From

Re: Using --manfistest with /manifest files

2020-06-15 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Hi, Ludovic Courtès writes: > I think there were several issues we discussed: Allow me to reiterate, at the risk of bikeshedding... :) > 1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing > an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be > deceptive.