Re: question re. packaging, build, init and shepherd

2019-05-10 Thread Christopher Baines
Miles Fidelman writes: >>> And then there's the question of init systems: Until systemd came >>> along, ./configure;make;make install generally just works - leaving >>> init files in the right places, starting up daemons, etc. >>> >>> Which leads to the question of, if I want to install somethi

Re: question re. packaging, build, init and shepherd

2019-05-10 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hello Miles, Miles Fidelman writes: > On 5/9/19 1:03 PM, Christopher Baines wrote: [...] >> So, whereas I think things like systemd are aware of sysvinit scripts in >> the usual place, no: rc script are **wrapped** to service units by systemd-sysv-generator at boot or systemd service reload

Re: question re. packaging, build, init and shepherd

2019-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ok... a few follow-on questions (in-line): On 5/9/19 1:03 PM, Christopher Baines wrote: Miles Fidelman writes: The GUIX documentation is great when it comes to installing GUIX, and then installing packaged software. It's not so clear on how do install software that isn't in the package rep

Re: question re. packaging, build, init and shepherd

2019-05-09 Thread Christopher Baines
Miles Fidelman writes: > The GUIX documentation is great when it comes to installing GUIX, and > then installing packaged software. > > It's not so clear on how do install software that isn't in the package > repository - whether by creating a package, or via the classic > ./configure;make;make

question re. packaging, build, init and shepherd

2019-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
The GUIX documentation is great when it comes to installing GUIX, and then installing packaged software. It's not so clear on how do install software that isn't in the package repository - whether by creating a package, or via the classic ./configure;make;make install, or if there are tools th