Re: NAS drive

[Roy Lemmon]

Hi,

So I'm afraid it still doesn't work. Though with the following there are at
least no errors.

Here is the top section of the .scm file.

Cheers
Roy


config.scm
***********************

(use-modules (gnu))
(use-package-modules nfs emacs-xyz)
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg mail docker)

(operating-system

  (setuid-programs
   (cons*
    (file-append nfs-utils "/sbin/mount.nfs")
    %setuid-programs))

 (locale "en_GB.utf8")
 (host-name "parton")
 (timezone "Europe/London")

 (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "gb" "extd"))

  (bootloader
    (bootloader-configuration
      (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
      (target "/boot/efi")
      (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))

.... cont.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:46 PM Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> wrote:

> Roy Lemmon 写道：
> > Sorry but it's been a long day ...
>
> Here too :-)
>
> > I have to specify the nfs package don't I ?
>
> The ‘NFS package’ in
>
>   (file-append nfs-utils "/sbin/mount.nfs")
>
> is nfs-utils, which is a variable defined in the (gnu packages
> nfs) Guile module.
>
> As you note, modules need to be imported first, which is what
>
> > (use-modules (gnu packages nfs))
> > (use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg mail)
>
> does.  This is the correct variant for your use case: you care
> only about the package which provides mount.nfs to clients, not
> about the server which is what (gnu services nfs) provides.
>
> Aside: the above snippet is completely equivalent to both:
>
>   (use-modules (gnu packages nfs))
>   (use-modules (gnu services desktop)
>                (gnu services networking)
>                (gnu services ssh)
>                (gnu services xorg)
>                (gnu services mail))
>
> and
>
>   (use-package-modules nfs)
>   (use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg mail)
>
> USE-{PACKAGE,SERVICE}-MODULES is Guix-specific syntactic sugar
> that saves a lot of space and typing when you're importing many
> package & service modules, as most people do.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
>


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Roy Lemmon
STFC Daresbury Laboratory
United Kingdom
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