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| author | Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net> | 2020-02-07 22:47:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net> | 2020-02-14 19:05:59 +0100 |
| commit | 6a7f4d89b2029b43b766217d71d5dbbdfcc5fa09 (patch) | |
| tree | 5747cc8dd8abf5a2cd704d5efee16249d9dcbd21 | |
| parent | 64fc4f3705423c83c680a95d8dea81a39fce9a70 (diff) | |
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doc: Clarify how sudo and guix interact when updating
* doc/guix.texi (After System Installation): Explicitly explain the
mechanics of how sudo differs from a login shell.
Some recent discussions on IRC suggest that the existing wording wasn't
entirely clear.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 282f9578bf..25b50bad9e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Leo Prikler@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020 Simon Tournier@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Wiktor Żelazny@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Damien Cassou@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jakub Kądziołka@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -2440,6 +2441,11 @@ your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}). Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command and @emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH} unchanged. To explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}. + +The difference matters here, because @command{guix pull} updates +the @command{guix} command and package definitions only for the user it is ran +as. This means that if you choose to use @command{guix system reconfigure} in +root's login shell, you'll need to @command{guix pull} separately. @end quotation Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on |