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Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD

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Message #11 received at 25831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25831: Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:26:54 -0500

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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 07:17:03PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
> Not sure if this is an appropriate answer, but to customize the guix daemon
> service field like described in the example here:
> 
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html#System-Services
> 
> you would have to patch "gnu/services/base.scm" by adding a field to the
> 'guix-configuration' that would be then be passed to the
> '#:environment-variables' option of 'make-forkexec-constructor' in
> 'guix-shepherd-service'.

Thank you, that helped a lot!

What do the two of you think of the attached patch?

Using the attached OS declaration, I verified that the http_proxy
environment variable is set in the guix-daemon's environment, but I
don't have a proxy to test with.

[0001-services-guix-Support-using-an-HTTP-proxy.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[os-config-bare-bones.scm (text/plain, attachment)]

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