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[bug#39501] [PATCH] doc: Clarify how sudo and guix interact when updatin
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Marius Bakke |
Subject: |
[bug#39501] [PATCH] doc: Clarify how sudo and guix interact when updating |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:31:45 +0100 |
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Jakub Kądziołka <address@hidden> writes:
> * doc/guix.texi (After System Installation): Explicitly explain the
> mechanics of how sudo differs from a login shell.
>
> Some recent discussions on IRC suggest that the existing wording wasn't
> entirely clear.
> ---
> doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 710cf97673..9f758706f6 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Guillaume Le Vaillant@*
> Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Leo Prikler@*
> Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020 Simon Tournier@*
> Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Wiktor Żelazny@*
> +Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jakub Kądziołka@*
>
> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
> under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
> @@ -2439,6 +2440,11 @@ your system includes the latest security updates
> (@pxref{Security Updates}).
> Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command and
> @emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH} unchanged. To
> explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}.
> +
> +The difference matters here, because @command{guix pull} updates
> +the @command{guix} command and package definitions only for the user it is
> ran
> +as. This means that if you choose to use @command{guix system reconfigure} in
^^^
Please use two spaces after punctuations. Otherwise LGTM.
> +root's login shell, you'll need to @command{guix pull} separately.
> @end quotation
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