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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-06-04 14:59:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-06-04 18:15:50 +0200 |
| commit | 6f436c54d6d9698e62639de31a845cd9b9167423 (patch) | |
| tree | 24e4d42578e85a24bb5493dfe23a5e04bacab2eb /gnu/system.scm | |
| parent | 39d4fde3bfd27607980eb58f0b17b837953b1e4c (diff) | |
system: Define '%base-packages' and use it.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[packages]: Change default value to
%BASE-PACKAGES.
(%base-packages): New variable.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it when defining the
'packages' field.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use %BASE-PACKAGES in
example. Remove now unneeded module imports. Explain this.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system.scm | 27 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm index ec54b8baf0..7b8e3890d7 100644 --- a/gnu/system.scm +++ b/gnu/system.scm @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ #:use-module (gnu packages admin) #:use-module (gnu packages linux) #:use-module (gnu packages package-management) + #:use-module (gnu packages which) + #:use-module (gnu packages less) + #:use-module (gnu packages zile) #:use-module (gnu services) #:use-module (gnu services dmd) #:use-module (gnu services base) @@ -59,7 +62,9 @@ operating-system-derivation operating-system-profile - operating-system-grub.cfg)) + operating-system-grub.cfg + + %base-packages)) ;;; Commentary: ;;; @@ -97,15 +102,7 @@ (default %default-issue)) (packages operating-system-packages ; list of (PACKAGE OUTPUT...) - (default (list coreutils ; or just PACKAGE - grep - sed - findutils - guile - bash - (@ (gnu packages dmd) dmd) - guix - tzdata))) + (default %base-packages)) ; or just PACKAGE (timezone operating-system-timezone) ; string (locale operating-system-locale) ; string @@ -216,6 +213,16 @@ explicitly appear in OS." ;;; /etc. ;;; +(define %base-packages + ;; Default set of packages globally visible. It should include anything + ;; required for basic administrator tasks. + (list bash coreutils findutils grep sed + procps psmisc less zile + guile-final (@ (gnu packages admin) dmd) guix + util-linux inetutils isc-dhcp + net-tools ; XXX: remove when Inetutils suffices + module-init-tools kbd)) + (define %default-issue ;; Default contents for /etc/issue. " |