Mandb does not include guix package man pages

2024-03-12 Thread Pan Xie
Hello I find this issue on both GuixSD and guix package manager on ArchLinux. The problem is `man -k' can not find manpages installed by guix. I believe the issue is caused by `mandb' does not include guix packages' man pages when generating its index database. Confirm sbcl is installed: #+b

How to find a package file from substitute servers

2023-12-20 Thread Pan Xie
Hello I ask this question because I encounter a very mundane problem: I want to use the `at' command on my GuixSD system. Like what I always do on Archlinux, the first step is to find out which package includes the `at' command: #+begin_example pacman -Fx bin/at$ usr/bin/at is owned by extra/at

Why bash-minimal is part of sbcl package

2023-12-10 Thread Pan Xie
Hello I find this interesting thing but I don't have an explanation. When query the "references" of my Gnu Store item "sbcl", it shows that sbcl references bash-mininal, as the following output shows: # guix gc --references /gnu/store/sbbp9nvslqcf3bmcnz5wgxf2qpsi757 /gnu/store/6ncav55lbk5kqvw