From 01dbc7e01a576bf388914dfe99fa473e87728462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 00:42:05 +0200
Subject: install: Files in the tarball are all root-owned.

Fixes a thinko introduced in 175ced4.

* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Use "root:0" as the
  owner and group.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Revert 175ced4.
---
 gnu/system/install.scm | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'gnu')

diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 2ae7f27690..799851c9d7 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -67,14 +67,10 @@ (define %root "root")
                                              #:closure "profile")
 
           ;; Create the tarball.  Use GNU format so there's no file name
-          ;; length limitation.  Use the owner and group names given in the
-          ;; manual.
-          ;; XXX: /var and /root should rather be root-owned, but it doesn't
-          ;; make any difference in practice.
+          ;; length limitation.
           (with-directory-excursion %root
             (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
-                            "--owner=guixbuilder01"
-                            "--group=guixbuild"
+                            "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
                             "-cvf" #$output ".")))))
 
     (gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build
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