Re: Guix binary tarball

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> Here's a suggested patch:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
>>> index 799851c..10fbfdd 100644
>>> --- a/gnu/system/install.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
>>> @@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
>>>            (with-directory-excursion %root
>>>              (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
>>>                              "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
>>> -                            "-cvf" #$output ".")))))
>>> +                            "-cvf" #$output
>>> +                            ;; Avoid adding /, /var, or /root to the 
>>> tarball,
>>> +                            ;; so that the ownership and permissions of 
>>> those
>>> +                            ;; directories will not be overwritten when
>>> +                            ;; extracting the archive.
>>> +                            "./root/.guix-profile"
>>> +                            "./var/guix"
>>> +                            "./gnu")))))
>>>  
>>>      (gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build
>>>                        #:references-graphs `(("profile" ,profile))
>>>
>>> If we did this, then we could revert 8c3a5d7059 and avoid any use of
>>> --skip-old-files.  I would be in favor of this.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>
>> Yes, that’s even better, please commit and revert 8c3a5d7059.
>
> Done.
>
> I would advocate releasing 0.8.3 ASAP with these fixes, since the binary
> installation method in 0.8.2 has such serious problems.
>
> What do you think?

Not sure if “serious” is appropriate (those who tested it a month ago
had no problems using it, despite the UID issue), but yes, we should aim
for a quick release.  This time, we need to get feedback /before/ the
release.  ;-)

I also want to fully understand the problem that Ricardo reported before
we release again.

Thanks,
Ludo’.