Efraim Flashner writes:
> I was going to make jokes about apt-cd and the years of issues that's caused
> people with fresh debian installs, but all we should need to do is
> populate /gnu/store with either/both precompiled binaries/source files.
> If/when substitutes fails, the files are already
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:19:14 +0100
Pjotr Prins wrote:
> If you are on a slow connection (and 90% of the world IS on a slow
> connection) downloads are a problem. I am in Africa now. Guix
> pull is one problem - I accidentily did that and now I can't do
> anything because it wants to fetch a compl
Hi Mark,
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:41:27PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Pjotr Prins writes:
>
> > If it is technically feasibly it would be a great feature to go back
> > in time without resorting to using a checkout of the guix source tree
> > :)
>
> I'm not sure why using a git checkout sho
Pjotr Prins writes:
> If it is technically feasibly it would be a great feature to go back
> in time without resorting to using a checkout of the guix source tree
> :)
I'm not sure why using a git checkout should be considered an
unfortunate thing to have to resort to. To my mind, it is precise
If you are on a slow connection (and 90% of the world IS on a slow
connection) downloads are a problem. I am in Africa now. Guix
pull is one problem - I accidentily did that and now I can't do
anything because it wants to fetch a complete rebuilt Guix. But also
installing by package is problematic
I understand, that's why I write it "for future guixsd" not for next
guixsd. from my thoughs offline installation is the nicest way to
autobuild a system. for me, I prefer download an 4Gb iso file rather
than failing build 4 times (that will make me angry and wreck
something, lol). and in this mode
If it is technically feasibly it would be a great feature to go back
in time without resorting to using a checkout of the guix source tree
:)
Also, I have occassionally regretted doing a guix pull. When facing a
complete download on a slow internet line. Heh. Definitely a feature
request to be abl
Hi!
Dika Setya Prayogi skribis:
> can we make an offline installation media for future guixsd ? because
> it is more reliable and easy to build in slow or problematic bandwith
> like in my town
The main difficulty is that the set of packages needed depends on what
the OS configuration file cont
Pjotr Prins skribis:
> Which reminds me, is there a way of simply rolling back on a 'guix pull'
> command?
Not yet!
Ludo’.
I suggest we brand it GuixSD-Sumo.
Which reminds me, is there a way of simply rolling back on a 'guix pull'
command?
Pj.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 05:42:36AM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:07:34AM +0700, Dika Setya Prayogi wrote:
> > can we make an offline installation me
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:07:34AM +0700, Dika Setya Prayogi wrote:
> can we make an offline installation media for future guixsd ? because
> it is more reliable and easy to build in slow or problematic bandwith
> like in my town
>
+1 (from Africa). In combination with a conscise description how
can we make an offline installation media for future guixsd ? because
it is more reliable and easy to build in slow or problematic bandwith
like in my town
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