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bug#43744: guix-install.sh should do more first-time setup
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zimoun |
Subject: |
bug#43744: guix-install.sh should do more first-time setup |
Date: |
Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:41:36 +0200 |
Hi,
On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 14:35, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> 1. Installing Bash and Zsh completion files globally (actually making
> them a symlink to
> /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/etc/…).
> There seems to be +/- a cross-distro conventional directory to
> collect those, for example /etc/bash_completion.d, no? The script
> could create that symlink, perhaps asking the user to confirm.
Done in patch 1/2 #43769 [1].
> 2. Adding the following lines to /etc/profile (taken from Guix System):
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> # Arrange so that ~/.config/guix/current comes first.
> for profile in "$HOME/.guix-profile" "$HOME/.config/guix/current"
> do
> if [ -f "$profile/etc/profile" ]
> then
> # Load the user profile's settings.
> GUIX_PROFILE="$profile" ; \
> . "$profile/etc/profile"
> else
> # At least define this one so that basic things just work
> # when the user installs their first package.
> export PATH="$profile/bin:$PATH"
> fi
> done
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Hum? It looks like 'sys_create_init_profile'. I have not checked the
current order but maybe that's only that.
> The user should be explicitly asked whether they want this change
> to be made.
Currently, 'sys_create_init_profile' is simply run without asking.
> 3. It could check “ps aux | grep nscd” and install nscd using the host
> distro package manager if needed, or at least suggest doing it.
Done in patch 2/2 #43769 [1].
[1] <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/43769>
All the best,
simon