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Binary Installation bugs and suggestions |
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Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:41:21 -0500 |
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I attempted to perform 'Binary Installation' on Debian 8 following ...
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation
last updated November 04, 2015
Bugs:
A) The 4 occurrences of '~root' should be replaced with '/root'
B) What does 'On hosts using the systemd init system, drop
/root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service in
/etc/systemd/system.' mean.
FWIW, I tried ...
cp /root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \
/etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service
... which did not work.
Suggestions:
1)'guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub'
... produced ...
'warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument'
It is not good that the first guix operation that root attempts
throws a warning. Apparently this is to be expected, as careful
study of '2.6 Application Setup' might suggest. As a minimum, we
should advise root that the warning is expected.
2) 'And that’s it! For additional tips and tricks, see Application
Setup.' should be changed to say something like, 'This completes
root-level install of Guix, However each of your users will need to
first set their Locales and, if they intend to use X Window system,
X11 fonts, as described in '2.6 Application Setup' before Guix will
be fully functional.
3) Is it possible for root to pre-configure locales and X11 fonts for
users?
4) What do we mean by, 'The guix package must remain available in 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
guix command.'
What does root have to do to assure that 'The guix package remains
available'?
5) We should tell root how to verify that the installation was
successful. If 'make guix-binary.system.tar.xz' is intended to do
this, we need to explain where to run it and how to verify the
result.
6) Should a root 'guix pull' be recommended?
7) Given the "invasive" nature of this install, an uninstall script, or,
as a minimum, explicit instructions of how to remove Guix, really
must be provided.
8) It seems unlikely that a typical sysadmin will be willing to install
Guix following the instructions as they now stand. This might be
addressed by providing a Guix package for popular distributions.
9) We leave the root user with no locales or X11 fonts. Do we recommend
this?
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Re: bug#22695: Binary Installation bugs and suggestions |
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Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:26:34 +0100 |
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Commit c8e26887eda99d1cd7b89772ff642854a6b78ebd incorporates your
suggestions; closing this bug.. Thanks again!
Ludo’.
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