How to configure TMPDIR for Guix System? (self.guix)

submitted 1 month ago by Doom4535 to c/guix@lemmy.ml

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I'd like to change my Guix System to build packages in a different location (`/dev/shm/`) so that they are built on a tmpfs partition to hopefully speed up builds (defaults to `/tmp` which is on the `/` partition on Guix System). The Guix Manual only mentions that this may be done by setting the environment variable `TMPDIR`.

I was able to do this for a system that is configured as a foreign install by modifying the SystemD service file (Guix Mailing List), but I haven't been able to figure out how to modify my `/etc/config.scm` file to do this on Guix System.

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[-] Doom4535 1 points 1 month ago

I had no idea on the manual version tag, I've probably been using an old one for a while... Thanks for pointing that out.

Ya, when it comes to modifying a Guix config, I haven't gotten used to all the guile commands and different system names that guix uses, maybe eventually I'll learn the semantics.

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