Re: Problems running 'check-system'

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Marusich
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi Chris, > > Chris Marusich skribis: > >> I think I might have finally found the reason. When I remove the >> "--pure" from the invocation, the "installed-os" test runs successfully >> on my GuixSD machine. It seems that, for some reason, "--pure" was t

Re: "Perfect Setup" for hacking on Nix?

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Marusich
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi, > > Chris Marusich skribis: > >> I asked on nix-dev, and the (limited) response was basically that you >> should use whatever works best for you: >> >> https://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023416.html >> >> I guess that means I sh

Recent change in 'guix package --search-paths' behavior?

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi, The manual says ((guix) Invoking guix package): --8<---cut here---start->8--- This option can also be used to compute the _combined_ search paths of several profiles. Consider this example: $ guix package -p foo -i guile $ gu

Re: Heads-up: transition to Guile 2.2

2017-05-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, myglc2 skribis: > I run GuixSD from git checkout this way ... > > cd ~/src/guix > guix environment -e "(@ (gnu packages package-management) guix)" -M 4 \ > -c 4 > git pull > make clean-go > ./bootstrap > ./configure --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc > make -j 10 check > exit > sudo

Re: Recent change in 'guix package --search-paths' behavior?

2017-05-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Chris Marusich skribis: > Hi, > > The manual says ((guix) Invoking guix package): > > This option can also be used to compute the _combined_ search paths > of several profiles. Consider this example: > > $ guix package -p foo -i guile > $ guix package -p bar -i guil

Simplified release process

2017-05-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Guix! The release process as documented in doc/release.org was terrible because it involved a lengthy sequence of error-prone manual steps. Commit 334dce145122683e576ca4cb6c68c360d4aada7e adds a ‘release’ makefile target. “make release” produces the source tarball, the binary tarballs, and

Re: Simplified release process

2017-05-10 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hello Guix! > > The release process as documented in doc/release.org was terrible > because it involved a lengthy sequence of error-prone manual steps. > > Commit 334dce145122683e576ca4cb6c68c360d4aada7e adds a ‘release’ > makefile target. “make release” produces the s

Re: I can not run 'guix pull', how to deal with

2017-05-10 Thread Konrad Hinsen
On 07/05/2017 11:36, Ludovic Courtès wrote: guix pull: error: build failed: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation `/gnu/store/d1qkv7x8ayi75qjlg7d5j5g1h7y4fl5p-make-boot0-4.2.1.drv' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source I

Re: Heads-up: transition to Guile 2.2

2017-05-10 Thread myglc2
On 05/10/2017 at 14:05 Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi, > > myglc2 skribis: > >> I run GuixSD from git checkout this way ... >> >> cd ~/src/guix >> guix environment -e "(@ (gnu packages package-management) guix)" -M 4 \ >> -c 4 >> git pull >> make clean-go >> ./bootstrap >> ./configure --localst

backup w/ duplicity borg attic bup?

2017-05-10 Thread myglc2
I am looking for a command line de-duplicating backup tool. I will be using it between GuixSD, Guix/GNU/Linux, and MacOS. Based on what I see in gnu/packages/backup.scm and in https://brew.sh, duplicity, borg and attic seem like they could be good choices. I am also intrigued by bup (https://gith

Re: backup w/ duplicity borg attic bup?

2017-05-10 Thread Arun Isaac
> Does anyone out have suggestions? I use obnam (https://obnam.org/). It works well for me. However, obnam is also written in python. :-P

Re: backup w/ duplicity borg attic bup?

2017-05-10 Thread Leo Famulari
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 03:52:32PM -0400, myglc2 wrote: > I am looking for a command line de-duplicating backup tool. I will be > using it between GuixSD, Guix/GNU/Linux, and MacOS. > > Based on what I see in gnu/packages/backup.scm and in https://brew.sh, > duplicity, borg and attic seem like the

Re: Heads-up: transition to Guile 2.2

2017-05-10 Thread myglc2
On 05/10/2017 at 13:11 myglc2 writes: > On 05/10/2017 at 14:05 Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> Hi, >> >> myglc2 skribis: >> >>> I run GuixSD from git checkout this way ... >>> >>> cd ~/src/guix >>> guix environment -e "(@ (gnu packages package-management) guix)" -M 4 \ >>> -c 4 >>> git pull >>>

Re: Debugging info unavailability

2017-05-10 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello ng0, Sorry for the delayed reply! ng0 writes: > Maxim Cournoyer transcribed 1.0K bytes: > … >> >> What good is a substitute server if it doesn't hold the stuff I need >> >> *now*? :) On the other side, it really makes me want to look at GNUnet, >> >> which seems like the better long term