Re: Defining custom services in /etc/config.scm

[Sergiu Ivanov]

Hi Ekaitz,

Thank you for your very fast answer!


Thus quoth  Ekaitz Zarraga  on Sun Jan 24 2021 at 20:19 (+0100):
>
> I recently made my redshift configuration using shepherd user
> services, which is what people in IRC recommended me.
>
> You can find it here:
> https://github.com/ekaitz-zarraga/dotfiles/tree/guix/shepherd/shepherd

I see, this is what I saw here as well
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/gnu-shepherd-user-services/ , but
I didn't know whether I should prefer this solution over
other possibilities.

> Also, it forces me to run the shepherd as a user using my i3 config.

OK, so I note that I'll have to include shepherd in my startup scripts.

> I also wanted to configure it in my config.scm file but people
> convinced me not to do so.

Ah, interesting, good to know.  Thank you for the feedback!

> I'm not sure why your case shouldn't work though.

Maybe somebody here will have the time to explain the details, but for
the time being I will go with your solution, as it has the benediction
of the IRC herd :-)

-
Sergiu


> Best,
> Ekaitz