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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-04-07 22:41:46 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-04-07 23:30:38 +0200
commit1165b08f8683b2a8c12753eb6fd26c2451bce81c (patch)
tree207788afef4293414d86f09b10df3d5791b0eaee
parent5537f2d27925abc05550eff35d13e1347d60dca5 (diff)
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build: Include 'glibc-utf8-locales' in the binary tarball.
* Makefile.am (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): Add 'glibc-utf8-locales' and 'glibc-final' to the 'guix pack' command line. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention 'etc/profile'.
-rw-r--r--Makefile.am6
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c713d9a3f6..c16a1cf6e4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -489,11 +489,13 @@ AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
--with-nix-prefix="$(NIX_PREFIX)" \
--enable-daemon
-# The self-contained tarball.
+# The self-contained tarball. Add 'glibc-utf8-locales' along with glibc just
+# so 'etc/profile' defines 'GUIX_LOCPATH' pointing to a valid set of locales.
guix-binary.%.tar.xz:
$(AM_V_GEN)GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH= \
tarball=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix pack -C xz \
- -s "$*" --localstatedir guix` ; \
+ -s "$*" --localstatedir guix glibc-utf8-locales \
+ -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) glibc-final)'` ; \
cp "$$tarball" "$@.tmp" ; mv "$@.tmp" "$@"
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 07ae660f77..d0f21edeec 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -439,6 +439,14 @@ Make @code{root}'s profile available under @file{~/.guix-profile}:
~root/.guix-profile
@end example
+Source @file{etc/profile} to augment @code{PATH} and other relevant
+environment variables:
+
+@example
+# GUIX_PROFILE=$HOME/.guix-profile \
+ source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
+@end example
+
@item
Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}).