I recently learned about guix and would like to use it in my void linux build, but as I understand guix will be as a separate package manager. I intend to use it as an additional package manager (so I can set up environments for different programming languages and switch between them conveniently), but guix will constantly pull systemd, but I don’t have it on my system and don’t want it to be there How can I use elogind support for all compatible packages when installing programs through guix?

  • aurtzy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 年前

    Could you elaborate on why you think Guix will attempt to pull systemd? As far as I’m aware, Guix doesn’t impose any hard requirement on systemd when installing it on a foreign system; the manual (particularly 2.1 Binary Installation) simply provides instructions for setting it up on systemd and Upstart.

    I just found this blog post about setting up Guix on Void Linux if it helps at all.

    • loss_and_quick@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 年前

      Because Guix has better configuration syntax, it will not function properly without systemd, as I understand it.

      • czan@aussie.zone
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        1 年前

        This is not true. In fact, Guix doesn’t use systemd at all. When managing an operating system installation Guix uses its own init system called the Shepherd.

        Elogind is a project extracted from systemd originally for use in Guix systems.