Re: guix system reconfigure compiles everything too long

[znavko]

It compiles kernel too, while I just want to add LXDE.
The manual contains lot of guix features but just a few words about `guix 
system reconfigure`. I think there could be options for speed up this process, 
such as just add service without compilation of that you had before.
`guix pull ` takes not much time with my "clean" config. I cannot use (packages 
(cons* lxde)) and other additions to config.scm until I know how configure DE 
without recompile everything. I would better try install manually.
I understand now that developer has described all guix features one by one, but 
has not presented it by system approach. Luckily I have found this 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/ . But where find powerful 
pc?

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
четверг, сентябрь 20, 2018 11:30 утра, Marco van Hulten <address@hidden> пишет:

> Hi—
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:31:27 +0000 znavko wrote:
>
> > Hello! I have been running `guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm`
> > before, and it finished after 1 or 2 hours. Now it is working more
> > than 6 hours on Lenovo G50-30. It compiles everything
> > http://0x0.st/sxda.png http://0x0.st/sxnm.png even icecat
> > http://0x0.st/sx51.png I want it uses binaries, do not need to
> > compile sources. Cannot understand, why adding (packages (cons*
> > icecat)) produces compilation process of icecat? Please, what is
> > wrong?
>
> I could imagine that there is nothing wrong with your system
> configuration but that the build servers have not build the latest
> versions of the packages yet.
>
> My experience is very mixed in how much needs to be compiled when doing
> a system upgrade. In the future I'd like to use a central build server
> in my local network (and then I'd probably mount /store over NFS).
>
> —Marco