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bug#39023: binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux
From: |
symphonia |
Subject: |
bug#39023: binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:29:36 +0000 |
The commands in https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/guix.html#Build-Environment-Setup
do not work on busybox-based systems such as Alpine Linux by default.
This is because they do not have 'groupadd' or 'useradd' by default (from
'shadow' package).
# groupadd --system guixbuild
# for i in `seq -w 1 10`;
do
useradd -g guixbuild -G guixbuild \
-d /var/empty -s `which nologin` \
-c "Guix build user $i" --system \
guixbuilder$i;
done
I suggest adding another example which works by default on busybox.
Explanation: -S means 'add system group/user'; -h is 'home directory'; -g is
'GECOS field'
Also, Alpine Linux fails to boot if /var/empty is not owned by root, so that
needs to be fixed afterward as well.
addgroup -S guixbuild
for i in `seq -w 1 10`;
do
adduser -G guixbuild \
-h /var/empty -s `which nologin` \
-g "Guix build user $i" -S \
guixbuilder$i;
done
chown root:root /var/empty # /var/empty must be owned by root, fix permission
after `adduser` modified it
- bug#39023: binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux,
symphonia <=
bug#39023: adduser/addgroup vs useradd/groupadd, zimoun, 2020/01/21