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From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Subject: bug#22587: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98guix_?= =?UTF-8?Q?edit=E2=80=99?= &
	=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98M-x?= guix-edit' typo, rename, & mode change
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:34:45 +0100
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On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 02:22:36PM -0500, myglc2 wrote:
> But, AIUI, this goes against the guix concept of an immutable store.
> To describe and name this function to imply that one could/should edit
> recipes in the store based on the "corner case" of root having the
> ultimable ability to do so seems counter to how you would want to
> encourage even a root user to proceed.

Recipes are not in the store. For instance, after doing a "make install",
they are in $PREFIX/share/guile/site/2.0/.

Or maybe they are in the store after a "guix pull"?

I am only using the "make install" version for a system-wide installation,
and a git checkout for making more recent recipes available to one user.

Andreas