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[PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths.
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Reported by: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 19:01:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Done: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Hi Guix,
I avoided doing this when fixing up GDM because it seemed a little
ham-fisted (clumsy). However, I think it is better than all the ink
that would be spilled on help-guix without it.
In short, the point is to make sure that D-Bus services included in a
user’s profile can be found and started by the session bus. This means
that if you are using GDM and install “evolution-data-server” and
“gnome-calendar” (for example), the session bus will be able to start
all of the services that GNOME Calendar needs to function correctly.
There are a handful of major GNOME applications that need this.
Furthermore, I think we should add “evolution-data-server” as a
propagated input for packages that require it. This way, things like
“guix install evolution” will just work the way one expects.
Is it okay to assume that “.guix-profile” is the user’s profile like
this? If it isn’t okay in general, is it okay enough for now?
[0001-services-gdm-Include-user-profile-in-D-Bus-paths.patch (text/x-patch, inline)]
From e32c27dfa950d250520c3c8ecccba90add863639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 09:13:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths.
This partially addresses <https://bugs.gnu.org/35267>.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (dbus-daemon-wrapper): When '$HOME' is set,
include directories from '$HOME/.guix-profile' in the search paths of
the D-Bus daemon.
---
gnu/services/xorg.scm | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index 65e9d48915..027524f11d 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -767,14 +767,24 @@ the GNOME desktop environment.")
(shell (file-append shadow "/sbin/nologin")))))
(define dbus-daemon-wrapper
- (program-file "gdm-dbus-wrapper"
- #~(begin
- (setenv "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"
- "/run/current-system/profile/etc/xdg")
- (setenv "XDG_DATA_DIRS"
- "/run/current-system/profile/share")
- (apply execl (string-append #$dbus "/bin/dbus-daemon")
- (program-arguments)))))
+ (program-file
+ "gdm-dbus-wrapper"
+ #~(begin
+ (use-modules (srfi srfi-26))
+ (let* ((system-profile "/run/current-system/profile")
+ (user-profile (and=> (getenv "HOME")
+ (cut string-append <> "/.guix-profile")))
+ (profiles (if user-profile
+ (list user-profile system-profile)
+ (list system-profile))))
+ (setenv "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"
+ (string-join (map (cut string-append <> "/etc/xdg") profiles)
+ ":"))
+ (setenv "XDG_DATA_DIRS"
+ (string-join (map (cut string-append <> "/share") profiles)
+ ":"))
+ (apply execl (string-append #$dbus "/bin/dbus-daemon")
+ (program-arguments))))))
(define-record-type* <gdm-configuration>
gdm-configuration make-gdm-configuration
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Hi Ludo,
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com> skribis:
>
> [...]
>
>> Is it okay to assume that “.guix-profile” is the user’s profile like
>> this? If it isn’t okay in general, is it okay enough for now?
>
> In this particular case, I’d say it’s OK.
>
> Do we have any other option on the table anyway?
We could run D-Bus from a login shell. The reason I didn’t opt for this
is that GDM launches D-Bus from a stripped-down environment. It’s not
clear to me if there’s a reason for doing so, or if it was just the way
the code came together. Essentially, I’m trying to be conservative.
I’m still holding out hope that a future “user sessions” feature in Guix
will make all of these hacks go away. :)
>>>From e32c27dfa950d250520c3c8ecccba90add863639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 09:13:14 -0400
>> Subject: [PATCH] services: gdm: Include user profile in D-Bus paths.
>>
>> This partially addresses <https://bugs.gnu.org/35267>.
>>
>> * gnu/services/xorg.scm (dbus-daemon-wrapper): When '$HOME' is set,
>> include directories from '$HOME/.guix-profile' in the search paths of
>> the D-Bus daemon.
>
> [...]
>
>> + (program-file
>> + "gdm-dbus-wrapper"
>> + #~(begin
>> + (use-modules (srfi srfi-26))
>
> Same thing with a few comment explaining what you wrote above would be
> great.
>
> LGTM!
I pushed a nicer version (following the style of the “xinitrc” code)
with a long comment as dcb3a0fe0a086b4762a721e9b1da64826d5160d0.
Thanks for the review!
-- Tim
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