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bug#41413: guix-install.sh broken on Gentoo


From: ZC via web
Subject: bug#41413: guix-install.sh broken on Gentoo
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 01:45:19 +0200

guix-install.sh calls "update-rc.d", which doesn't exist on a Gentoo system. 
Instead of trying to support all possible init systems, or make assumptions 
regarding how the init system works, I'd suggest simply dropping support for 
anything other than upstart and/or systemd. Users of smaller distros using 
unusual/traditional init systems can add support for guix theirself. The safest 
and most portable option would likely be to simply point to the init script at 
the end of the install, and tell the user to copy that file to the proper 
directory and enable it, copy and modify it to fit their system, or use it as a 
template for whatever their init system happens to be. It's less user-friendly 
in the "run it and forget it" sense, but it won't break a user's already 
working system, or error out in new and fun ways.






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