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bug#35417: closed (Re: Tor Service)
From: |
Raghav Gururajan |
Subject: |
bug#35417: closed (Re: Tor Service) |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:02:28 +0000 |
Ah! That makes sense. Thank you!
April 25, 2019 5:59 AM, "Julien Lepiller" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le 25 avril 2019 11:24:27 GMT+02:00, Raghav Gururajan <address@hidden> a
> écrit :
>
>> In continuation to my previous email in this thread:
>>
>> For example, service "openssh-service-type" uses the package "openssh"
>> and the latter shows up in
>> my system packages list. But the doubt is; why service
>> "tor-service-type" which uses the package
>> "tor", doesn't show up in the system packages list??
>>
>> April 25, 2019 5:10 AM, "Raghav Gururajan" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> DOUBT!
>>>
>>> I found the following in the guide:
>>>
>>> Data Type: tor-configuration
>>> tor (default: tor)
>>> The package that provides the Tor daemon. This package is expected to
>>
>> provide the daemon at bin/tor
>>> relative to its output directory. The default package is the Tor
>>
>> Project’s implementation.
>>> So the package "tor" actually used when using the service
>>
>> "tor-service-type". Then why the package
>>> "tor" isn't added to the system as it is not showing up in the system
>>
>> packages list?
>>> April 24, 2019 11:42 PM, "Raghav Gururajan" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Ah! My bad. I thought only Tor commands can be used to administrate
>> tor service. Didn't know Nyx,
>> herd and emacs torrc can be used to administrate tor service. All
>> cool. :)
>>
>> April 24, 2019 2:54 PM, address@hidden wrote:
>>> Your bug report
>>>
>>> #35417: Tor Service
>>>
>>> which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.
>>>
>>> The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
>>> If you require more details, please reply to address@hidden
>>>
>>> --
>>> 35417: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35417
>>> GNU Bug Tracking System
>>> Contact address@hidden with problems
>
> That's because the cor service needs to run the tor binaryto do something
> useful. The tor field
> gives it access to the store path to the tor package, so it can start tor. So
> the tor package is
> present somewhere in the store and the service knows how to use it.
> Generally, users of tor do not
> need direct access to the tor binary, so it's not installed in a profile,
> only kept in the store.
> Openssh service users however are usually users of the openssh client, so it
> is also added to the
> system profile.
- bug#35417: Tor Service, Raghav Gururajan, 2019/04/24
- bug#35417: Tor Service, Julien Lepiller, 2019/04/24
- bug#35417: Tor Service, Raghav Gururajan, 2019/04/24
- bug#35417: Tor Service, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2019/04/24
- bug#35417: closed (Re: Tor Service), Raghav Gururajan, 2019/04/24
- bug#35417: closed (Re: Tor Service), Raghav Gururajan, 2019/04/25
- bug#35417: closed (Re: Tor Service), Raghav Gururajan, 2019/04/25