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Subject: bug#19315: per-user profile directory not created/mentioned
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:33:45 +0100
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To: rekado <rekado@elephly.net>
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Hi,

rekado <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> the manual does not mention that a per-user profile directory owned by
> the user account has to be created after installation of guix.

It actually does, under =E2=80=9CInvoking guix package=E2=80=9D (see
<http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.ht=
ml#Invoking-guix-package>):

     In a multi-user setup, user profiles must be stored in a place
  registered as a "garbage-collector root", which =E2=80=98$HOME/.guix-prof=
ile=E2=80=99
  points to (*note Invoking guix gc::).  That directory is normally
  =E2=80=98LOCALSTATEDIR/profiles/per-user/USER=E2=80=99, where LOCALSTATED=
IR is the value
  passed to =E2=80=98configure=E2=80=99 as =E2=80=98--localstatedir=E2=80=
=99, and USER is the user name.
  It must be created by =E2=80=98root=E2=80=99, with USER as the owner.  Wh=
en it does not
  exist, or is not owned by USER, =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99 emits an e=
rror about it.

Would you suggest making it more prominent somehow?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.