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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-18 22:53:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-18 22:57:52 +0200 |
| commit | 5dc3ce5f6c7990f44143f8e9bb9a873a014a82e4 (patch) | |
| tree | e2aea5382afd90904268f13193598b56fa428691 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | ec2b19210f0861ecb0207e618dabd5c066ba43b3 (diff) | |
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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 index 69d65998c5..d47120da0b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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. |