Hi Andrew, sorry for the late response. I've looked into the user-account record in gnu/system/accounts.scm to add home-environment field and how the home-environment is instantiated in gnu/home/services.scm.
However, I haven't implemented the functionality as of now. ---- Petr ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, December 10th, 2021 at 8:48 AM, Andrew Tropin <and...@trop.in> wrote: > On 2021-11-08 06:52, phodina wrote: > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > On Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 at 8:35 AM, Andrew Tropin and...@trop.in > > wrote: > > > > > On 2021-11-02 11:38, phodina wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I just want to ask if it's possible to create an image which has both > > > > the operating-system and home-environment configuration together. > > > > > > > > Currently the way to build them is to do: > > > > > > > > ;; Guix System > > > > > > > > guix system build os.scm > > > > > > > > ;; Guix Home > > > > > > > > guix home build home.scm > > > > > > > > However, if I want to build and test a VM, I'm missing the home > > > > environment. > > > > > > > > Would it be the correct way to add additional record to user-account > > > > definition, which would instantiate the home-environment for the > > > > particular user? > > > > > > > > Or is there another way how to do that? > > > > > > > > Petr > > > > > > Hi again!) > > > > > > I have a plan to have a system service, which accepts list of pairs of > > > > > > user name and home-environment and instantiates home environments for > > > > > > these users during `guix system reconfigure`, but the task has a low > > > > > > priority right now. You can try to implement it yourself and send a > > > > > > patch for review or can wait until someone will do it. > > > > > > P.S. It doesn't have to be a separate service, maybe extending some > > > > > > existing record with additional field will also work. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Andrew Tropin > > > > I was exactly thinking of a record in the operating system for list of > > pairs (user and home-environment) as you suggest. > > > > Though then it hit me - it's already there in user accounts. > > > > Therefore why introduce complexity and not just modify them by one record > > for each user set by default to false. > > > > Sure it's major modification but in order to get the functionality it will > > have to modify either users or operating-system (or another field within). > > > > I understand it's low priority, I just wanted your opinion on this matter. > > > > I'll look into that and try to come up with some implementation. > > > > Petr > > Hi, > > Do you have any developments or additional thoughts on this matter? > > I have plans to implement it, so we can generate iso or VM image with > > home-environment inside. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Best regards, > > Andrew Tropin
