Re: Add a pastebin client to the next guixsd image release

[ng0]

Tomas Cech <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:16:28 +0100,
> ng0 wrote:
>> 
>> I think the next release image for GuixSD should include
>> wgetpaste as a tool. This would make it possible for people who
>> are stuck in the image and who are doing the installation, to
>> paste the config.scm or any other command output.
>> 
>> Are there any security concerns, or is this something we can do?
>> If the majority should be against it, another option I can think
>> of is that we add it to the documentation as a general suggestion
>> to search for "pastebin" with "guix package -s pastebin" and
>> install one of the available pastebin clients (there'll be more
>> than one at some point).
>
> Good idea.
>
> I like the http://sprunge.us/ solution. It uses curl and has support
> for syntax highlighting.
>
> With shell function like this:
> sprunge() {
>   curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us
> }
>
> you can do:
> $ command | sprunge
> $ sprunge < file
>
> So it mimics UNIX filosophy and has tiny dependency.
>
> Best regards,
>
> S_W
>

pb based text snippet and file upload instances have a similar
way, https://ptpb.pw is the primary instance.

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