From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 15 05:04:00 2021 Received: (at 47662) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2021 09:04:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36492 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lWxup-0006IG-T4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:04:00 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40696) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lWxuo-0006I2-5v for 47662@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:03:58 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60168) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lWxui-00027G-Sf; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:03:52 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=36562 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lWxuh-0007jy-Ah; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:03:52 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: bo0od Subject: Re: bug#47662: Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm References: Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:03:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: (bo0od@riseup.net's message of "Thu, 8 Apr 2021 18:01:35 +0000") Message-ID: <87eefbdimj.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 47662 Cc: 47662@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi, bo0od skribis: > When someone taking the manual-cli installation of GuixOS, And > reaching where he will fill the config.scm, Parts of it really > annoying to fill like UUID. If possible change it to the partition > name only like sda1,xvda1..etc and let guix take the needed uuid from > there (or any other method possible). When installing Guix System manually, you are free to choose how to refer to devices: by their /dev name (not recommended), by UUID, or by file system label. https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/File-Systems.html#index-file_002= dsystem The graphical installer is meant to simplify the initial configuration: you do the initial installation with it, and from there you can tweak the generated config=E2=80=94easier than starting from a blank page. I=E2=80=99m closing this bug because I don=E2=80=99t see anything more we c= ould do. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.