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diff --git a/system/guix/README b/system/guix/README index 4613a6ec6d..ee6406b70d 100644 --- a/system/guix/README +++ b/system/guix/README @@ -1,24 +1,26 @@ -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. +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: +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 + /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 + /etc/rc.d/rc.guix stop fi -The daemon requires users for building the guix packages, which should be added -under the 'guixbuild' group. +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 @@ -28,21 +30,24 @@ for i in `seq -w 1 10`; do 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. +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. +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 $TMPDIR. -Guix will also by default store its packages in /gnu/store, to save space in the -root partition /gnu can be mounted on another partition. +By default guix will compile in /tmp, this can be changed by exporting +$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". +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". -guile-json is an optional dependency and will allow you to use the 'guix import pypi' command. -It is of interest primarily for developers and not for casual users. +guile-json is an optional dependency and will allow you to use the 'guix +import pypi' command. It is of interest primarily for developers and +not for casual users. |