Backing up a GuixSD system? rsnapshot doesn't seem to like the store.

2017-02-23 Thread dian_cecht
Hello, My normal backup software (rsnapshot) doesn't seem to play terribly well with GuixSD because the software uses hardlinks for it's deduplication, so I'm looking for alternatives (or someone to tell me what needs to happen to get rsnapshot to backup /gnu/store without issue). I'd prefer

Re: Setting TMPDIR for Guix

2017-02-23 Thread Leo Famulari
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:58:21PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > 1) start guix-daemon with an environment in which TMPDIR is set to > /tmpdir and I exposed this feature in the guix-shepherd-service with commit b191f0a6c50f2a7d47037ef8509d0351f5a2646e. In order to use it, you'll need

Setting TMPDIR for Guix

2017-02-23 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Hello, I suspect some package builds fail for me because I have only 2GB of RAM and /tmp may be full. Either way, I want to use a different TMPDIR environment variable for the Guix daemon. I’d like to 1) start guix-daemon with an environment in which TMPDIR is set to /tmpdir and 2) change my Guix

Re: fonts

2017-02-23 Thread Niall Dooley
Hi, On 22 February 2017 at 21:22, Catonano wrote: > I put a picture on line > http://imgur.com/a/K1yry > > the fonts on my screen are not that slender, they are awkward, ugly, I don't > know > > What can I do to make them better ? Which font should I install and how can > I instruct the Gnome des