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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?4oCYc3RhZ2luZ+KAmQ==?= and GNOME updates
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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>
>>                           (service (service-type
>>                                     (name 'break-gnome)
>>                                     (extensions
>>                                      (list (service-extension
>>                                             activation-service-type
>>                                             (lambda _
>>                                               #~(mkdir-p "/home/bob/.loc=
al/share/gnome-shell")))))
>>                                     (default-value #t))))
>>                     %desktop-services))
>>   (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
>>
>> Note the =E2=80=9Cbreak-gnome=E2=80=9D service.  When the service does n=
ot exist,
>> everything is fine.  It seems to me that the contents of the directory
>> really do not matter after all.
>
> Nice reproducer!

Argh, it=E2=80=99s unfortunately incorrect.  The problem here is that
=E2=80=9C/home/bob=E2=80=9D ends up being owned by root, which is the sole =
problem.

I=E2=80=99m trying to find another reproducer.

--
Ricardo