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'guix system switch-generation' does not reload Shepherd services

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From: zerodaysfordays <at> sdf.lonestar.org (Jakob L. Kreuze)
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>,
 36855 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36855: guix system switch-generation doesn't
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:28:39 -0400

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Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Jakob, now that we generate scripts for the effectful bits of system
> reconfiguration (one of these bits being service upgrades), couldn’t
> we take it one step further and store those scripts in the “system”
> derivation so we can run them eventually, notably upon
> ‘switch-generation’?

We'd need to find a way of serializing at least the relationships
between services, but I think it's possible (albeit quite involved). I
do really like the idea, though. That way, the system generation would
fully encompass the desired state of the system.

Regards,
Jakob

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