From noe at xn--no-cja.eu  Sun Oct 20 19:53:32 2024
From: noe at xn--no-cja.eu (=?utf-8?Q?No=C3=A9_Lopez?=)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:53:32 +0200
Subject: Running PackageKit from checkout
Message-ID: <874j56v9dv.fsf@xn--no-cja.eu>

Hi,

I am looking into making a GNU Guix backend for packagekit, but I can?t
manage to run packagekitd.

I?m using this command to configure the build directory:

env CC=gcc CXX=g++ meson setup  build -Dpackaging_backend=guix
-Dsystemd=false -Dlocal_checkout=true

This builds alright, but when it comes to launching the daemon I can?t
manage to get it working without a ton of hacks.

Firstly I cd into 'build/' so that it finds the backend directory at
"backends" and the configuration file at "../etc".  But then it would
insist on finding the transaction database in "/var", which it does not
have the permissions for.  Even then when changing the database
directory to "." like is done in the tests it starts and does nothing
then exits immediately.

I?m definitely doing stuff wrong here, what?s the correct way to run
from my local checkout?  The goal is to get "pkcon backend-details" to
work.

Have a good day,
No?

From ngompa13 at gmail.com  Mon Oct 21 12:39:35 2024
From: ngompa13 at gmail.com (Neal Gompa)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:39:35 -0400
Subject: Running PackageKit from checkout
In-Reply-To: <874j56v9dv.fsf@xn--no-cja.eu>
References: <874j56v9dv.fsf@xn--no-cja.eu>
Message-ID: <CAEg-Je-nUiDaMm30ycC3ewc0p0Qs3fq_kEcjNTvh_kHjuqgYWg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 4:01?AM No? Lopez <noe at no?.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking into making a GNU Guix backend for packagekit, but I can?t
> manage to run packagekitd.
>
> I?m using this command to configure the build directory:
>
> env CC=gcc CXX=g++ meson setup  build -Dpackaging_backend=guix
> -Dsystemd=false -Dlocal_checkout=true
>
> This builds alright, but when it comes to launching the daemon I can?t
> manage to get it working without a ton of hacks.
>
> Firstly I cd into 'build/' so that it finds the backend directory at
> "backends" and the configuration file at "../etc".  But then it would
> insist on finding the transaction database in "/var", which it does not
> have the permissions for.  Even then when changing the database
> directory to "." like is done in the tests it starts and does nothing
> then exits immediately.
>
> I?m definitely doing stuff wrong here, what?s the correct way to run
> from my local checkout?  The goal is to get "pkcon backend-details" to
> work.
>

Typically, I usually install PackageKit into /usr/local (after taking
a snapshot) or I apply my patches to a package I install locally for
dev/testing. It's not the *fastest*, but it avoids these issues. Also,
the transaction database stuff is backend-dependent, so I think if you
make your Guix backend tolerant of alternative locations, it'll work
like you want.




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