Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-05 Thread Ludovic Courtès
David Craven skribis: >> I sympathize with this; what problems are you referring to? >> >> The reason for “-net user” is that it allows me to run “dhclient -v >> eth0” in the VM and get access to the network, which is often what I >> want. > > I usually have the need to add my own flags most of t

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-03 Thread David Craven
> I sympathize with this; what problems are you referring to? > > The reason for “-net user” is that it allows me to run “dhclient -v > eth0” in the VM and get access to the network, which is often what I > want. I usually have the need to add my own flags most of the time anyway. This is the scr

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-03 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, David Craven skribis: > You can add custom qemu flags by running $(guix system vm *.scm) -net > user. As it is now there is no way to remove it, and I've said > multiple times that it causes networking difficulties. Adding it isn't > a problem. I think that the default qemu flags should be t

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-02 Thread Leo Famulari
On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 05:57:03PM +0200, David Craven wrote: > * gnu/system/vm.scm (common-qemu-options): Remove -net user flag. Can the VM still "dial out" with this change?

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-02 Thread David Craven
> I agree, if it is a problem it should be removed. > Okay, is this documented that one can add qemu options after the > file.scm? `guix system vm --help' doesn't show it, I haven't looked at > documentation. It's not a feature of guix system vm but of the qemu script. $(guix system vm) evaluates

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-02 Thread ng0
David Craven writes: > You can add custom qemu flags by running $(guix system vm *.scm) -net > user. As it is now there is no way to remove it, and I've said > multiple times that it causes networking difficulties. Adding it isn't > a problem. I think that the default qemu flags should be the min

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-02 Thread David Craven
You can add custom qemu flags by running $(guix system vm *.scm) -net user. As it is now there is no way to remove it, and I've said multiple times that it causes networking difficulties. Adding it isn't a problem. I think that the default qemu flags should be the minimum common denominator, and no

Re: [PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-02 Thread ng0
David Craven writes: > * gnu/system/vm.scm (common-qemu-options): Remove -net user flag. > --- > gnu/system/vm.scm | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm > index c31e3a8..551c3ca 100644 > --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm > +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm > @

[PATCH 1/9] system: vm: Remove -net user flag.

2016-09-01 Thread David Craven
* gnu/system/vm.scm (common-qemu-options): Remove -net user flag. --- gnu/system/vm.scm | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm index c31e3a8..551c3ca 100644 --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm @@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ with '-virtfs' options