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Could you elaborate on why you think Guix will attempt to pull systemd? As far as I'm aware, Guix doesn't impose any hard requirement on systemd when installing it on a foreign system; the manual (particularly 2.1 Binary Installation) simply provides instructions for setting it up on systemd and Upstart.
I just found this blog post about setting up Guix on Void Linux if it helps at all.
Best answer, thx
Why did you choose guix over nix if you don’t mind me asking?
Because Guix has better configuration syntax, it will not function properly without systemd, as I understand it.
This is not true. In fact, Guix doesn't use systemd at all. When managing an operating system installation Guix uses its own init system called the Shepherd.
Elogind is a project extracted from systemd originally for use in Guix systems.
Hm