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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Vitaliy Shatrov <guix.vits@disroot.org>
Cc: 43238@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43238: `guix system build -n` to be more informative (builds/substitutes)
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:43:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875z8rdw36.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sgbv5ha8.fsf@disroot.org>


Vitaliy Shatrov <guix.vits@disroot.org> writes:

> Hello Guix.
>
> I did:
> `guix system build -n config.scm`
>
> I get a message, something like:
> "3 packages (guix, modules, and ?) would be downloaded."
>
> I ran `sudo guix system build config.scm`.  Guix told me it will build
> the linux kernel.  It was unexpected.

Are these the same “guix” programs?  “sudo guix” probably gives you the
root user’s “guix”, whereas just “guix” will give you the current user’s
“guix”.

That’s why we recommend “sudo -E guix” or similar.

-- 
Ricardo




  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-06 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-06 10:30 bug#43238: `guix system build -n` to be more informative (builds/substitutes) Vitaliy Shatrov
2020-09-06 10:43 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2020-09-06 13:38 ` Vitaliy Shatrov
2020-09-06 19:58 ` Mark H Weaver

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