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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-04-18 22:53:54 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-04-18 22:57:52 +0200
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doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary install.
Suggested by Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move warning about overwriting higher up.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ 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.
+Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that
+would overwrite its own essential files.
+
@item
-Setup the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
+Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
run it:
@example
@@ -297,9 +300,7 @@ for instance with:
And that's it!
-There are two things to note. First, don't unpack the tarball on a
-working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files.
-Second, the @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
+The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which
case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the
@command{guix} command.