From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?4oCYc3Vkb+KAmQ==?= leaves PATH =?utf-8?Q?unchanged?= =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=A6?= so what? Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:30:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87fttqfmnm.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87y37jwp1p.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8e7h6yd.fsf@elephly.net> <87r2dbv4w0.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhryv3l5.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42009) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gkOc2-0001C3-Gs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:30:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gkOc1-0007F5-TC for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:30:46 -0500 In-reply-to: <87zhryv3l5.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Giovanni Biscuolo Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Giovanni Biscuolo writes: > IMHO it should be explicitly stated that in general it's not > advised/needed to install guix for the root user and that "guix system" > must be run as a normal user via sudo (and the user must be allowed to > do so by root via sudoers); then the example above Currently, installing Guix for the root user is what the installer script does and what the instructions for the binary installation method suggest. -- Ricardo