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From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system.
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1464541540-13495-1-git-send-email-h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> (raw)

* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note about no need for a
virtual machine.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 01363c1..fab39e5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Leo Famulari@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Chris Marusich@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Hartmut Goebel
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -354,6 +355,12 @@ dependencies.  This is often quicker than installing from source, which
 is described in the next sections.  The only requirement is to have
 GNU@tie{}tar and Xz.
 
+Installing Guix on an arbitrary system as descibed here is absolutely
+save for your originating system. Only two directories, a service and a
+bunch of easy-to-spot users are created. All work you'll do will be done
+within this. Even for your first steps setting up a virtual machine is
+completely unnecessary.
+
 Installing goes along these lines:
 
 @enumerate
-- 
2.7.4

             reply	other threads:[~2016-05-29 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-29 17:05 Hartmut Goebel [this message]
2016-05-29 17:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: Update specification for Python packages Hartmut Goebel
2016-06-01 21:02   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-29 17:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system Efraim Flashner
2016-06-01 21:01 ` Ludovic Courtès

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