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Re: Defining custom services in /etc/config.scm
From: |
Sergiu Ivanov |
Subject: |
Re: Defining custom services in /etc/config.scm |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:59:17 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 |
Hi Ekaitz,
Thank you for your very fast answer!
Thus quoth Ekaitz Zarraga on Sun Jan 24 2021 at 20:19 (+0100):
>
> I recently made my redshift configuration using shepherd user
> services, which is what people in IRC recommended me.
>
> You can find it here:
> https://github.com/ekaitz-zarraga/dotfiles/tree/guix/shepherd/shepherd
I see, this is what I saw here as well
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/gnu-shepherd-user-services/ , but
I didn't know whether I should prefer this solution over
other possibilities.
> Also, it forces me to run the shepherd as a user using my i3 config.
OK, so I note that I'll have to include shepherd in my startup scripts.
> I also wanted to configure it in my config.scm file but people
> convinced me not to do so.
Ah, interesting, good to know. Thank you for the feedback!
> I'm not sure why your case shouldn't work though.
Maybe somebody here will have the time to explain the details, but for
the time being I will go with your solution, as it has the benediction
of the IRC herd :-)
-
Sergiu
> Best,
> Ekaitz