From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: myglc2 Subject: bug#22695: Binary Installation bugs and suggestions Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:41:21 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47749) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfw9-0000uQ-Vu for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:45:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfw6-0002MO-QO for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:45:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:50126) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfw6-0002MK-NM for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:45:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfw6-0004lw-JN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:45:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfvQ-0000mw-9j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:44:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfvN-0002G7-1h for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:44:20 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54087) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfvM-0002Fu-Pe for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:44:16 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aVfvI-0005se-OD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:44:12 +0100 Received: from c-73-167-118-254.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([73.167.118.254]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:44:12 +0100 Received: from myglc2 by c-73-167-118-254.hsd1.ma.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:44:12 +0100 List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: 22695@debbugs.gnu.org I attempted to perform 'Binary Installation' on Debian 8 following ... https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation last updated November 04, 2015 Bugs: A) The 4 occurrences of '~root' should be replaced with '/root' B) What does 'On hosts using the systemd init system, drop /root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service in /etc/systemd/system.' mean. FWIW, I tried ... cp /root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ /etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service ... which did not work. Suggestions: 1)'guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub' ... produced ... 'warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument' It is not good that the first guix operation that root attempts throws a warning. Apparently this is to be expected, as careful study of '2.6 Application Setup' might suggest. As a minimum, we should advise root that the warning is expected. 2) 'And that’s it! For additional tips and tricks, see Application Setup.' should be changed to say something like, 'This completes root-level install of Guix, However each of your users will need to first set their Locales and, if they intend to use X Window system, X11 fonts, as described in '2.6 Application Setup' before Guix will be fully functional. 3) Is it possible for root to pre-configure locales and X11 fonts for users? 4) What do we mean by, 'The guix package must remain available in 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 guix command.' What does root have to do to assure that 'The guix package remains available'? 5) We should tell root how to verify that the installation was successful. If 'make guix-binary.system.tar.xz' is intended to do this, we need to explain where to run it and how to verify the result. 6) Should a root 'guix pull' be recommended? 7) Given the "invasive" nature of this install, an uninstall script, or, as a minimum, explicit instructions of how to remove Guix, really must be provided. 8) It seems unlikely that a typical sysadmin will be willing to install Guix following the instructions as they now stand. This might be addressed by providing a Guix package for popular distributions. 9) We leave the root user with no locales or X11 fonts. Do we recommend this?