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05/05: doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary i
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
05/05: doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary install. |
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Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:19:09 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 5dc3ce5f6c7990f44143f8e9bb9a873a014a82e4
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Sat Apr 18 22:53:54 2015 +0200
doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary install.
Suggested by Pjotr Prins <address@hidden>.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move warning about overwriting
higher up.
---
doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 69d6599..d47120d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}),
@file{/var/guix},
and @file{/root/.guix-profile}. @file{/root/.guix-profile} is a
ready-to-use profile for @code{root} where Guix is installed.
+Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that
+would overwrite its own essential files.
+
@item
-Setup the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
+Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
run it:
@example
@@ -297,9 +300,7 @@ for instance with:
And that's it!
-There are two things to note. First, don't unpack the tarball on a
-working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files.
-Second, the @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
+The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which
case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the
@command{guix} command.