>I think this is the same problem as <http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>, which
>was fixed a while back.
Is there any way to fix this problem for the time being without having to
wait for a release?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Omar Radwan <toxemicsqui...@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > One of the things is that during system initialization, the (gnu system
> > networking) module returns an error which reads "guix system: error:
> failed
> > to load operating system file '/mnt/etc/config.scm': (misc-error #f "~A
> ~S"
> > ("no code for module" (gnu system networking)) #f)
> > and that kind of makes things really annoying to manually restart
> > networking every reboot.
>
> There’s a typo in the 0.8 manual (which was fixed in fa1e31b8): it
> should read (gnu services networking).
>
> > Another thing is that is sort of a problem is during a windowmaker X
> > session, all my graphical applications(xterm, icecat, etc), are not
> listed
> > in the application menu and are not runnable
>
> I think this is the same problem as <http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>, which
> was fixed a while back.
>
> This suggests that it’s high time for a release. ;-)
>
> > The last thing is that I have not found any meta-packages, which allow me
> > to install multiple packages that are needed for the same program, like
> for
> > instance, there is gcc, make, cmake, and all the bread-and-butter build
> > programs, but you have to name each in the "guix package -i *"
> declaration
> > to install, but if there was some metapackage, like buildessential (I
> come
> > from Debian).
>
> Right. There’s one such meta-package, which is ‘gcc-toolchain’.
> Perhaps more are needed.
>
> OTOH, ‘guix environment’ can really do “meta-packages on demand”, so to
> speak, so I wonder whether things like ‘build-essential’ make so much
> sense in that context.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
