Thorsten Wilms <[email protected]> writes: > On 22.03.2018 14:04, Thorsten Wilms wrote: >> On 22.03.2018 00:00, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >>> >>> Thorsten Wilms <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> Initially I thought creation of /tmp/.X11-unix should be tied to the >>>> xorg-server-xwayland package, but since it is more generic: which >>>> component should create that dir on Guix SD (based on what)? >>> >>> It is needed at run-time (because packages cannot create files outside >>> of their store prefix at build time), so it should be created by a >>> system service. A service is not the same as a shepherd service; we >>> also have activation services that run once and only create a file or a >>> directory. > > Revisiting, this wasn't too hard, actually: > > Using (guix gexp) implied: > > ; Create /tmp/.X11-unix and make it writeable to, as required by > weston-launch with XWayland enabled: > (define mkdir-x11-service > (simple-service 'mkdir-x11 > activation-service-type > #~(begin (let ((p "/tmp/.X11-unix")) > (mkdir-p p) > (chmod p #o777))))) > > Or perhaps rather: > > (define mkdir-x11-service > (simple-service 'mkdir-x11 > activation-service-type > #~(begin (use-modules (guix build utils)) > (let ((p "/tmp/.X11-unix")) > (mkdir-p p) > (chmod p #o777))))) > > > I can't find anything that suggests a way to automatically add such a > service to the operating system, if xorg-server-xwayland (or anything > else that would use that dir) is installed.
It could be done with a "profile hook" in (guix profiles). Although for the common case I suppose this will be done by a display manager?
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