[bug#27855] [PATCH] gnu: Add rsync service.

[Christopher Baines]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:19:44 +0300
Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden> wrote:

> Christopher Baines <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> …
> 
> > Yep, I think I just stopped writing the test after finding the issue
> > with the PID file.
> >
> > I haven't looked in to how to fix this in the test, so if you could,
> > that would be great. Otherwise, I'll probably have time to look at
> > this again within a week or so.
> >
> > You'll probably need to refactor the test a bit, as at the moment,
> > the information regarding the port isn't available where you run the
> > commands.  
> 
> Of course I'll try.  By the way, how to run a “vm”?  Previous method
> “./pre-inst-env guix system vm gnu/tests/rsync.scm” doesn't work for
> me.

I'm guessing that you'll need to make the file evaluate (I'm not sure if
that is the right word here) to an operating-system, e.g. put
%rsync-os-with-port-2000 right at the bottom of the file, and then guix
system vm should give you a start script that will start a VM for that
OS.

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