Ni* <niaster...@grrlz.net> skribis: > From using GuixSD I know that as little files as possible should be > created in /etc. When using Guix alone, is this still the recommended > way of doing things?
Most of the time, you can choose where to store config files, in /etc or elsewhere. > What I need to know for a server environment is, if I install tor and > serve non-exit tor relays, will the config be read from the location I > am used to (/etc/tor/) or does it differ? (same about httpd/nginx, etc) Most programs allow you to choose which configuration file to use. For instance, one can run: tor -f /path/to/torrc and Tor will pick its config file from there. I think the same is true of nginx and httpd. > What are things I should look for and be careful about? What can be > removed from the hostsystem, what needs to stay? Compared to GuixSD, a couple of things need tweaking to work smoothly; see <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html>. As to what to keep in the host distro, it’s up to you! In some cases, you’ll have to make a binary choice; for instance, if you use Guile from Guix, you’ll have to use Guile packages (say, Guile-SSH, Guile-JSON, etc.) from Guix as well since otherwise they would end up loading different variants of libguile.so and libc.so. > Are guix updates handled the same way as they are done in GuixSD > (guix pull ; guix package -u)? Yes. Out of curiosity, what are the technical reasons that led you to prefer Guix-over-Debian rather than GuixSD, since you tried GuixSD already? Thanks, Ludo’.
