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diff --git a/topics/guix-profiles.gmi b/topics/guix-profiles.gmi index efe6891..cc6daaf 100644 --- a/topics/guix-profiles.gmi +++ b/topics/guix-profiles.gmi @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ To build guix profiles that can run GN2+GN3 we use a so-called channel. Note that a recently tested channel can be fetched from cd.genenetwork.org. That should include the recent git hash values. +=> https://ci.genenetwork.org/channels.scm + Alternatively put the following into a channels.scm file. ``` (list (channel @@ -18,10 +20,6 @@ Build a profile using ``` $ guix pull -C channels.scm -p ~/.guix-extra-profiles/genenetwork ``` -On production we do -``` -tux01:~$ ~/opt/guix-pull/bin/guix pull -C channels-latest.scm -p /usr/local/guix-profiles/gn-latest-20220928 -``` Activate the newly built profile using ``` @@ -30,6 +28,18 @@ $ . $GUIX_PROFILE/.guix-extra-profiles/genenetwork ``` Hack away on any GeneNetwork repository as usual. Now, any development environment you create with `guix shell` will be identical to what others on the team and the continuous integration system are using. This development environment is guaranteed to not break regardless of the latest changes to Guix upstream or other externalities. +## Production (tux01) + +After downloading channels.scm from + +=> https://ci.genenetwork.org/channels.scm + +On production we do +``` +tux01:~$ ~/opt/guix-pull/bin/guix pull -C channels.scm -p /usr/local/guix-profiles/gn-latest-20220928 +``` + + ## Rationale From time to time, updates to upstream Guix break our guix-bioinformatics channel. As a result, `guix pull` breaks and our work comes to a standstill for a few days until this can be fixed. While it is important to gradually move towards the latest and greatest, we would like to avoid being at the mercy of externalities and would prefer to update in a more controlled way without interrupting everyone's work. |