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yrns

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Registered: 2015-09-14

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guix-bin

I'm making a PKGFILE for the Guix binary installation. It has some read-only files in the src directory, which gives errors during extraction the second time around. Should I be trying to clear out the src directory while working on the PKGFILE or just using "makepkg -e"?

Also, is it acceptable to start systemd services post-install? Some post-install tasks require the service be running. Start then stop it? Or make a separate setup script to be run manually after install?

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Re: guix-bin

Post the PKGBUILD you have so far.

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Re: guix-bin

Also, is it acceptable to start systemd services post-install? Some post-install tasks require the service be running. Start then stop it? Or make a separate setup script to be run manually after install?

Never start/stop services automatically on install. Just echo a message telling the user what to do - if you want to provide a script for it, go ahead.

yrns

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Re: guix-bin

This is what I have so far for PKGBUILD:

# Maintainer: Al McElrath <hello yrns org>

pkgname=guix-bin
pkgver=0.8.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="GNU Guix package manager"
arch=('x86_64' 'i686')
url="https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/"
license=('GPL')
makedepends=()
depends=()
optdepends=('emacs: Emacs interface')
provides=('guix')
conflicts=('guix')
install="$pkgname.install"
source_x86_64=("ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-${pkgver}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz"{,.sig})
source_i686=("ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-${pkgver}.i686-linux.tar.xz"{,.sig})
sha256sums_x86_64=('04e751c9b8d7a6c131b67540127ab6038d58a602c64c35064febf47dc9a1b0f0'
                   'SKIP')
sha256sums_i686=('21ecd872a3b31143372a3ed293f9d9d18e258f77663e1193d522dcda68d6bdc5'
                 'SKIP')
validpgpkeys=('3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5')

mk_ln() {
  mkdir -p $(dirname "$2") && ln -s "$1" "$2"
}

package() {
  cp -a var "$pkgdir"
  cp -a gnu "$pkgdir"
  chmod 1775 "$pkgdir/gnu/store"
  profile=/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile
  service=lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service
  mk_ln "$profile" "$pkgdir/root/.guix-profile"
  chmod 750 "$pkgdir/root"
  mk_ln "$profile/$service" "$pkgdir/usr/$service"
  mk_ln "$profile/bin/guix" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/guix"
}

And guix-bin.install:

post_install() {
    groupadd --system guixbuild
    for i in `seq -w 1 10`;
    do
        useradd -g guixbuild -G guixbuild \
        -d /var/empty -s `which nologin` \
        -c "Guix build user $i" --system \
        guixbuilder$i;
    done
    instructions
}

pre_remove() {
    for i in `seq -w 1 10`;
    do
        userdel guixbuilder$i;
    done
    groupdel guixbuild
}

instructions() {
    /bin/cat <<EOF
The following is gleaned from https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/
(binary installation):

--> Enable/start the guix service:
    'systemctl start guix-daemon'
--> Authorize substitutes if you don't want to build everything from source:
    'guix archive --authorize < ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub'
--> Install locales:
    'guix package -i glibc-locales'
    'export LOCPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale' or similar
    To get rid of the warnings from the daemon, install locales again as root,
    and 'systemctl set-environment LOCPATH=~root/.guix-profile/lib/locale'.
--> Add ~/.guix-profile/bin to your path.
--> Install emacs interface (optional):
    'guix package -i guix'
    Add '~/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/' to your load-path.
EOF
}