From 175ced413cb1c31ec58e06a4c2de8a0ae53fdaeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 00:12:39 +0200 Subject: install: Use the right user and group name for files in the binary tarball. Suggested by Andreas Enge at . * gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Pass --owner and --group to 'tar'. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move group and account creation before extraction. Make "run the daemon" a separate step. --- gnu/system/install.scm | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm index 82793a6648..2ae7f27690 100644 --- a/gnu/system/install.scm +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm @@ -67,9 +67,14 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed." #:closure "profile") ;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name - ;; length limitation. + ;; 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. (with-directory-excursion %root (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu" + "--owner=guixbuilder01" + "--group=guixbuild" "-cvf" #$output "."))))) (gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build -- cgit v1.2.3