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| author | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-05-20 13:00:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-05-20 13:05:10 -0400 |
| commit | b91d7f0f47cab7bb16ac14486d2e4fee8112c63c (patch) | |
| tree | 47047528ec15dc1a1b0bd1dab58b5cd49bd95aa8 | |
| parent | b2a5fa594e66b9d929df11fc7a38e4b367a00a5e (diff) | |
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Revert "doc: Suggest how to preserve /var and /root owner and permissions."
This reverts commit 8c3a5d7059a24e9c6d7bf14be296169cdcf06ad6, which is no
longer needed due to commit b2a5fa594e66b9d929df11fc7a38e4b367a00a5e.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9b2e367d0c..2e245bfcf9 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -274,18 +274,12 @@ As @code{root}, run: @example # cd / -# tar --skip-old-files -xf \ - guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz +# tar xf guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz @end example This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}), @file{/var/guix}, and @file{/root/.guix-profile}. @file{/root/.guix-profile} is a ready-to-use profile for @code{root} where Guix is installed. -@c '--skip-old-files' does the right thing with tar 1.28. The manual -@c does not clearly document the behavior we describe here, though. -The @code{--skip-old-files} option allows you to make sure the owner and -permissions on @file{/var} and @file{/root} are preserved (@pxref{Option -Summary, @code{--skip-old-files},, tar, GNU tar: an archiver tool}). Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files. |