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There is actually an updated version that's supposed to work with Win7Right-clicking the vcdcontrolTool.exe file and choosing Run as administrator eliminates the 'Cannot Open SCM: Access is denied' message, but VCdRom.sys is still not visible in%windir%system32.Apparently it's just not compatible with x64 versions. Even if you run it elevated and try to load the copy of the driver file left in the unzip subdir (which is found with no problem), the message 'Driver has been blocked from loading.' Results. Possiblywhatever MVP re/wrote it either forgot about kernel mode code signing or doesn't want to pay the ($400?) annual fee to MS for signing x64 drivers.

Next:, Previous:, Up: 4.7 ChannelsGuix and its package collection are updated by running guix pull(see ). By default guix pull downloads anddeploys Guix itself from the official GNU Guix repository. This can becustomized by defining channels in the/.config/guix/channels.scm file. A channel specifies a URL and branchof a Git repository to be deployed, and guix pull can be instructedto pull from one or more channels. In other words, channels can be used tocustomize and to extend Guix, as we will see below.4.7.1 Using a Custom Guix ChannelThe channel called guix specifies where Guix itself—its command-linetools as well as its package collection—should be downloaded.

For instance,suppose you want to update from your own copy of the Guix repository atexample.org, and specifically the super-hacks branch, you canwrite in /.config/guix/channels.scm this specification. Tell 'guix pull' to use my own repo.(list (channel(name 'guix)(url 'super-hacks')))From there on, guix pull will fetch code from the super-hacksbranch of the repository at example.org.4.7.2 Specifying Additional ChannelsYou can also specify additional channels to pull from. Let’s say youhave a bunch of custom package variants or personal packages that you thinkwould make little sense to contribute to the Guix project, but would like tohave these packages transparently available to you at the command line. Youwould first write modules containing those package definitions (see ), maintain them in a Git repository, and then you and anyone else canuse it as an additional channel to get packages from. Neat, no?Warning: Before you, dear user, shout—“woow this is soooo coool!”—andpublish your personal channel to the world, we would like to share a few wordsof caution:. Before publishing a channel, please consider contributing your packagedefinitions to Guix proper (see ). Guix as a project is opento free software of all sorts, and packages in Guix proper are readilyavailable to all Guix users and benefit from the project’s quality assuranceprocess.

When you maintain package definitions outside Guix, we, Guix developers,consider that the compatibility burden is on you. Remember thatpackage modules and package definitions are just Scheme code that uses variousprogramming interfaces (APIs). We want to remain free to change these APIs tokeep improving Guix, possibly in ways that break your channel.

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We neverchange APIs gratuitously, but we will not commit to freezing APIseither. Corollary: if you’re using an external channel and that channel breaks, pleasereport the issue to the channel authors, not to the Guix project.You’ve been warned!

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Having said this, we believe external channels are apractical way to exert your freedom to augment Guix’ package collection and toshare your improvements, which are basic tenets of. Pleaseemail us at if you’d like to discuss this.To use a channel, write /.config/guix/channels.scm to instructguix pull to pull from it in addition to the default Guixchannel(s). Add my personal packages to those Guix provides.(cons (channel(name 'my-personal-packages)(url 'that the snippet above is (as always!) Scheme code; we use cons toadd a channel the list of channels that the variable%default-channelsis bound to (see in GNU Guile ReferenceManual). With this file in place, guix pull builds not only Guixbut also the package modules from your own repository. The result in/.config/guix/current is the union of Guix with your own packagemodules.

$ guix pull -list-generationsGeneration 19Aug 27 2018 16:20:48guix d894ab8repository URL: mastercommit: d894ab8e9bfabcefa6c49d9ba2e834dd5a73a300my-personal-packages dd3df5erepository URL: mastercommit: dd3df5e2c8818760a8fc0bd699e55d3b69fef2bb11 new packages: my-gimp, my-emacs-with-cool-features, 4 packages upgraded: emacs-racket-mode@0.0.2-2.1b78827, The output of guix pull above shows that Generation 19 includesboth Guix and packages from the my-personal-packages channel. Amongthe new and upgraded packages that are listed, some like my-gimp andmy-emacs-with-cool-features might come frommy-personal-packages, while others come from the Guix default channel.To create a channel, create a Git repository containing your own packagemodules and make it available. The repository can contain anything, but auseful channel will contain Guile modules that export packages.

Once youstart using a channel, Guix will behave as if the root directory of thatchannel’s Git repository has been added to the Guile load path (see in GNU Guile Reference Manual). For example, if your channelcontains a file at my-packages/my-tools.scm that defines a Guilemodule, then the module will be available under the name (my-packagesmy-tools), and you will be able to use it like any other module(see in GNU Guile Reference Manual).4.7.3 Declaring Channel DependenciesChannel authors may decide to augment a package collection provided by otherchannels. They can declare their channel to be dependent on other channels ina meta-data file.guix-channel, which is to be placed in the root ofthe channel repository.The meta-data file should contain a simple S-expression like this.

(channel(version 0)(dependencies(channel(name some-collection)(url 'some-other-collection)(url 'testing'))))In the above example this channel is declared to depend on two other channels,which will both be fetched automatically. The modules provided by the channelwill be compiled in an environment where the modules of all these declaredchannels are available.For the sake of reliability and maintainability, you should avoid dependencieson channels that you don’t control, and you should aim to keep the number ofdependencies to a minimum.4.7.4 Replicating GuixThe guix pull -list-generations output above shows precisely whichcommits were used to build this instance of Guix. We can thus replicate it,say, on another machine, by providing a channel specification in/.config/guix/channels.scm that is “pinned” to these commits. Deploy specific commits of my channels of interest.(list (channel(name 'guix)(url 'd894ab8e9bfabcefa6c49d9ba2e834dd5a73a300'))(channel(name 'my-personal-packages)(url 'dd3df5e2c8818760a8fc0bd699e55d3b69fef2bb')))The guix describe -format=channels command can even generate thislist of channels directly (see ).At this point the two machines run the exact same Guix, with access tothe exact same packages.

The output of guix build gimp onone machine will be exactly the same, bit for bit, as the output of the samecommand on the other machine. It also means both machines have access to allthe source code of Guix and, transitively, to all the source code of everypackage it defines.This gives you super powers, allowing you to track the provenance of binaryartifacts with very fine grain, and to reproduce software environments atwill—some sort of “meta reproducibility” capabilities, if you will.See, for another way to take advantage of these super powers.