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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system.
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 20:39:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160529173924.GA1180@debian-netbook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1464541540-13495-1-git-send-email-h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>

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On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 07:05:39PM +0200, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
> * 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
                        ^^^
                    on a foreign distro (maybe?)
> +save for your originating system. Only two directories, a service and a
    ^^^
  safe
> +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
> 
> 

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-29 17:39 UTC|newest]

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

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