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diff --git a/system/guix/README b/system/guix/README deleted file mode 100644 index 7387ae3d92..0000000000 --- a/system/guix/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -GNU Guix provides state-of-the-art package management features such as -transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, -unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level -mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as -native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language -- which -makes it nicely hackable. - -Guix may be run in single or multi-user mode (which requires the -guix-daemon). To have the guix daemon start and stop with your host, -add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: - -if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.guix ]; then - /etc/rc.d/rc.guix start -fi - -and to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown (creating it if needed): - -if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.guix ]; then - /etc/rc.d/rc.guix stop -fi - -The daemon requires users for building the guix packages, which should -be added under the 'guixbuild' group. - -groupadd -g 316 guixbuild -for i in `seq -w 1 10`; do - useradd -G guixbuild \ - -d /var/empty -s `which nologin` \ - -c "Guix build user $i" -u 316 -g 316 \ - guixbuilder$i; -done - -Restricting access to the daemon to only users in the guixbuild group -is acheived by setting file permissions for the daemon's socket's folder. - -chgrp guixbuild /var/guix/daemon-socket -chmod ug=rwx,o= /var/guix/daemon-socket - -Correct permissions must also be set for /var/guix/profiles to give -users access. - -By default guix will compile in /tmp, this can be changed by exporting -$TMPDIR. Guix will also by default store its packages in /gnu/store, to -save space in the root partition /gnu can be mounted on another partition. - -Guix can either be built with the nix-daemon instead of the default -guix-daemon or along side nix sharing the same store, both require nix -as an optional dependency. To build with the nix-daemon use NIX="yes" -and to share the store with nix use SHARE="yes". |