From: "Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 36785@debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#36785: Impossible to pull on foreign distro
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:00:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAE4v=ph=CNvo9isFRzrv3GoqHK8njLZHsTrCzsOMCD2HKj2U=A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0frl8js.fsf@gnu.org>
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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. szept. 23., Hét
10:29):
> Hi Maxim,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > --- a/doc/guix.texi
> > +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> > @@ -2387,8 +2387,8 @@ Success, you've now booted into Guix System! From
> then on, you can update the
> > system whenever you want by running, say:
> >
> > @example
> > -guix pull
> > -sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
> > +sudo -i guix pull
> > +sudo -i guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
> > @end example
> >
> > @noindent
> > @@ -2396,14 +2396,6 @@ This builds a new system generation with the
> latest packages and services
> > (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). We recommend doing that regularly so
> that
> > your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security
> Updates}).
> >
> > -@c See <
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-01/msg00268.html>.
> > -@quotation Note
> > -@cindex sudo vs. @command{guix pull}
> > -Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command
> and
> > -@emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH}
> unchanged. To
> > -explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix
> @dots{}}.
> > -@end quotation
>
> I think these bits were correct.
>
> That is, when running “sudo foo”, “foo” is looked up in the user’s
> $PATH, not in root’s $PATH. That’s what led to this text in commit
> 796a4491fdaa4a0a3d669457b89356f9fbfc966e.
>
> So this part is fine
>
I believe sudo -H would work in all distros for doing a root guix pull. Can
someone confirm?
>
> Perhaps we need another section for this? Or perhaps we can drop the
> ball…
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
Best regards,
g_bor
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-23 9:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-24 14:40 bug#36785: Impossible to pull on foreign distro Julien Lepiller
2019-07-25 23:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-07-26 6:22 ` Julien Lepiller
2019-07-26 8:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-17 22:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-17 23:33 ` Gábor Boskovits
2019-09-18 8:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-20 8:47 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-20 15:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-21 12:31 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-23 8:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-23 9:00 ` Gábor Boskovits [this message]
2019-09-23 12:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-23 14:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-24 12:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-27 15:23 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-28 17:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-29 1:36 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-21 12:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-18 18:35 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-09-19 8:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
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