Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2...@gmail.com> writes: > I work on a virtual machine generated with "guix system vm-image". Due to > the recent core updates, the vm image will need to fall out of date unless > it can be updated and reconfigured. Right now, the best way to reconfigure > the vm image is to copy the system definition onto the image, then run guix > system reconfigure. > > This can be a hassle depending on the host, virtual machine manager, etc. > used. I think it would be useful to copy the system configuration to the > resulting system when it is generated so it can be used to keep a system up- > to-date in the future. Is there something I can add to a configuration to > accomplish this? I think it would be useful to others. > > I tried using this-operating-system, but I haven't had any luck even seeing > what it contains.
Yep, the vm-image.tmpl file within Guix includes configuration that can be used to do this [1]. 1: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl#n76 Take a look at where etc-service-type, and this-file are mentioned. Chris
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