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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-10-21 22:22:13 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-11-23 15:42:01 +0100
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build: Binary tarball now populates the "current-guix" profile.
* Makefile.am (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): Pass '--profile-name=current-guix'. Remove glibc and glibc-utf8-locales. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Update accordingly. * etc/guix-install.sh * etc/guix-install.sh (sys_create_store, sys_enable_guix_daemon) (sys_authorize_build_farms): Likewise. * etc/guix-publish.conf.in, etc/guix-publish.service.in, etc/guix-daemon.conf.in, etc/guix-daemon.service.in: Update file names accordingly.
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 594aca731a..e783c16365 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -499,18 +499,20 @@ archive content is independent of its creation time, thus making it
reproducible.
@item
-Make @code{root}'s profile available under @file{~root/.guix-profile}:
+Make the profile available under @file{~root/.config/guix/current}, which is
+where @command{guix pull} will install updates (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}):
@example
-# ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile \
- ~root/.guix-profile
+# mkdir -p ~root/.config/guix
+# ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix \
+ ~root/.config/guix/current
@end example
Source @file{etc/profile} to augment @code{PATH} and other relevant
environment variables:
@example
-# GUIX_PROFILE="`echo ~root`/.guix-profile" ; \
+# GUIX_PROFILE="`echo ~root`/.config/guix/current" ; \
source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
@end example
@@ -532,8 +534,8 @@ with these commands:
@c http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html
@example
-# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \
- /etc/systemd/system/
+# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \
+ /etc/systemd/system/
# systemctl start guix-daemon && systemctl enable guix-daemon
@end example
@@ -541,14 +543,16 @@ If your host distro uses the Upstart init system:
@example
# initctl reload-configuration
-# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/
+# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf \
+ /etc/init/
# start guix-daemon
@end example
Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with:
@example
-# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
+# ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon \
+ --build-users-group=guixbuild
@end example
@item
@@ -558,7 +562,7 @@ for instance with:
@example
# mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
# cd /usr/local/bin
-# ln -s /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/bin/guix
+# ln -s /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix
@end example
It is also a good idea to make the Info version of this manual available
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ there:
@example
# mkdir -p /usr/local/share/info
# cd /usr/local/share/info
-# for i in /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/share/info/* ;
+# for i in /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/share/info/* ;
do ln -s $i ; done
@end example
@@ -582,7 +586,8 @@ To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} or one of its mirrors
(@pxref{Substitutes}), authorize them:
@example
-# guix archive --authorize < ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
+# guix archive --authorize < \
+ ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
@end example
@item
@@ -616,7 +621,8 @@ make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz
... which, in turn, runs:
@example
-guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir guix
+guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir \
+ --profile-name=current-guix guix
@end example
@xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool.