From: "Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>,
30728@debbugs.gnu.org, "Clément Lassieur" <clement@lassieur.org>,
"Tatiana Sholokhova" <tanja201396@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#30728: Modification for guix installation script.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:53:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAE4v=piKxgvUEdjnb_2_GzS8fs5NgFSGB65HezeRdLyVan84JQ__38824.0386652344$1522151539$gmane$org@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fu4ngq0a.fsf@elephly.net>
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2018-03-26 11:11 GMT+02:00 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>:
>
> Hi Clément,
>
> > As I said to Chris (Cc'ed), I don't think it's a good idea to install
> > Guix in root's home directory. Instead, we should probably honor the
> > USER and HOME environment variables, so that the command can be run as a
> > non-root user (with sudo) in a consistent way. What do you think?
>
> The script should be run as root as it follows the manual’s
> instructions, which tell people to install Guix for the root user and
> then make it available system-wide.
>
> This is why I think that it would be correct to install it to the root’s
> home directory and not to the sudoing user’s HOME.
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
>
I think Ricardo is right on this one. I would also recommend installing in
root's home directory. Ibelieve, that installing in a user home would make
sense only with a big amount of additional instrumentation and
documentation changes, along with arrangements to allow guix in
userspace. This is a straightforward way to make the script do what it's
purpose is.
> --
> Ricardo
>
> GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC
> https://elephly.net
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CAMSS15DTAQJXy_OrPuHfpmgd_S-bc5=JfexoNyxe=yH8RKiF4g@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-25 15:26 ` bug#30728: Modification for guix installation script Ricardo Wurmus
2018-03-25 18:57 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-03-26 8:27 ` Clément Lassieur
[not found] ` <87d0zr9r76.fsf@lassieur.org>
2018-03-26 9:11 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-03-26 12:59 ` Clément Lassieur
[not found] ` <87bmfb9eml.fsf@lassieur.org>
2018-03-26 16:09 ` Tatiana Sholokhova
[not found] ` <CAMSS15DgqNa3j7OA1=brmomBnqG40xi6CK1G_pXgAZACozteaA@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-29 8:24 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-03-27 11:53 ` Gábor Boskovits [this message]
[not found] ` <CAE4v=piKxgvUEdjnb_2_GzS8fs5NgFSGB65HezeRdLyVan84JQ@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-29 8:11 ` Clément Lassieur
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