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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-04 14:59:24 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-04 18:15:50 +0200
commit6f436c54d6d9698e62639de31a845cd9b9167423 (patch)
tree24e4d42578e85a24bb5493dfe23a5e04bacab2eb /doc/guix.texi
parent39d4fde3bfd27607980eb58f0b17b837953b1e4c (diff)
system: Define '%base-packages' and use it.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[packages]: Change default value to %BASE-PACKAGES. (%base-packages): New variable. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it when defining the 'packages' field. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use %BASE-PACKAGES in example. Remove now unneeded module imports. Explain this.
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@@ -3116,14 +3116,8 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
@findex operating-system
@lisp
(use-modules (gnu) ; for 'user-account', '%base-services', etc.
- (gnu services ssh) ; for 'lsh-service'
- (gnu packages base) ; Coreutils, grep, etc.
- (gnu packages bash) ; Bash
- (gnu packages admin) ; dmd, Inetutils
- (gnu packages zile) ; Zile
- (gnu packages less) ; less
- (gnu packages guile) ; Guile
- (gnu packages linux)) ; procps, psmisc
+ (gnu packages emacs) ; for 'emacs'
+ (gnu services ssh)) ; for 'lsh-service'
(define komputilo
(operating-system
@@ -3142,22 +3136,21 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
(uid 1000) (gid 100)
(comment "Bob's sister")
(home-directory "/home/alice"))))
- (packages (list coreutils bash guile-2.0
- guix dmd
- inetutils
- findutils grep sed
- procps psmisc
- zile less))
+ (packages (cons emacs %base-packages))
(services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:allow-root-login? #t)
%base-services))))
@end lisp
This example should be self-describing. The @code{packages} field lists
-packages provided by the various @code{(gnu packages ...)} modules above
-(@pxref{Package Modules}). These are the packages that will be globally
-visible on the system, for all user accounts---i.e., in every user's
-@code{PATH} environment variable---in addition to the per-user profiles
-(@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
+packages that will be globally visible on the system, for all user
+accounts---i.e., in every user's @code{PATH} environment variable---in
+addition to the per-user profiles (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). The
+@var{%base-packages} variables provides all the tools one would expect
+for basic user and administrator tasks---including the GNU Core
+Utilities, the GNU Networking Utilities, the GNU Zile lightweight text
+editor, @command{find}, @command{grep}, etc. The example above adds
+Emacs to those, taken from the @code{(gnu packages emacs)} module
+(@pxref{Package Modules}).
@vindex %base-services
The @code{services} field lists @dfn{system services} to be made