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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-05-16 20:04:13 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-05-16 20:04:13 +0200
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package: Make sure the profile directory is owned by the user.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[ensure-default-profile]: Check the owner of %PROFILE-DIRECTORY. Report an error when the owner is not the current user. Add `rtfm' procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention the ownership test.
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@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ directory is normally
@var{localstatedir} is the value passed to @code{configure} as
@code{--localstatedir}, and @var{user} is the user name. It must be
created by @code{root}, with @var{user} as the owner. When it does not
-exist, @command{guix package} emits an error about it.
+exist, or is not owned by @var{user}, @command{guix package} emits an
+error about it.
The @var{options} can be among the following: