From f5d35fd4f542a11226c0159ee32498e374ff40a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 12:22:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for Guix
 Home.

* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Add a note about elogind and
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3355a535ad..36437cf161 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -35916,6 +35916,13 @@ guix home reconfigure config.scm
 This ``builds'' your home environment and creates @file{~/.guix-home}
 pointing to it.  Voilà!
 
+@quotation 
+Ensure that operating system has elogind or any other mechanism, which
+creates xdg runtime directory and sets @env{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR} variable.
+Otherwise, @file{on-first-login} script won't execute anything, and
+process like userland Shepherd and its descendants won't start.
+@end quotation
+
 @node Configuring the Shell
 @section Configuring the Shell
 This section is safe to skip if your shell or shells are managed by
-- 
2.33.0