Re: Guix shepherd user services

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Tanguy,

Tanguy Le Carrour wrote:
> Hello Guix!
>
> I've just read this thread [1] on the archive and I think it 
> would be a
> great feature! Any update on the topic?!
>
> [1]: 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-02/msg00132.html
>
> I would love to have some services started when I log in (tor,
> transmission-daemon, mpd, gpg-agent… you name them!) without 
> having to
> rely on the root user and system configuration.

Note that this is already possible if you want it:

 ~ λ cat /home/nckx/.config/shepherd/init.scm 
 (load "services.scm")
 (register-services emacs gpg-agent ibus-daemon jackd)
 (action 'shepherd 'daemonize) ; send shepherd into background
 (for-each start (list emacs)) ; services to start automatically

 ~ λ cat /home/nckx/.config/shepherd/services.scm 
 (define emacs
   (make <service>
     #:provides '(emacs)
     #:requires '()
     #:start (make-system-constructor "emacs --daemon")
     #:stop (make-system-destructor "emacsclient --eval 
     \"(kill-emacs)\"")))
 ;; ...much more snipped...

 ~ λ grep shepherd /home/nckx/.xsession 
 shepherd	# user service manager


The discussion is about how to add it (and user stuff in general) 
to Guix, which is a big wriggly bag of tasty worms.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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