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From: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100@gmail.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Newbie: Why using "guix edit" opens read-only files in /gnu/store?
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 03:14:06 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGxMbPbF8OQeWmO8_04wuGq_7aEfHBqq6w93Fp1L-BRYQJpQzQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

From what I understand, no file in `/gnu/store' can be edited by any
user. My question is: Isn't the purpose of `guix edit' edit package
definitions? Then, why when `guix edit <<package>>' is executed, a file
under /gnu/store is shown? For the record, I just executed `guix edit
emacs' and the file
/gnu/store/nxy09dxmm23krdgszgww2v80v8bkcll5-guix-module-union/share/guile/site/3.0/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
was opened.

How am I supposed to edit the package definition if it is defined in a
file under `/gnu/store' (read-only file system)?

I might have skipped an important part when reading the documentation. If
so, please point me to that part.


             reply	other threads:[~2023-06-25  3:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-25  3:14 Rodrigo Morales [this message]
2023-06-25  3:50 ` Newbie: Why using "guix edit" opens read-only files in /gnu/store? Vagrant Cascadian

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