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guix-install.sh doesn't work if run with "sudo"

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From: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>, 30728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>,
 Tatiana Sholokhova <tanja201396 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Modification for guix installation script.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:53:32 +0200

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2018-03-26 11:11 GMT+02:00 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>:

>
> Hi Clément,
>
> > As I said to Chris (Cc'ed), I don't think it's a good idea to install
> > Guix in root's home directory.  Instead, we should probably honor the
> > USER and HOME environment variables, so that the command can be run as a
> > non-root user (with sudo) in a consistent way.  What do you think?
>
> The script should be run as root as it follows the manual’s
> instructions, which tell people to install Guix for the root user and
> then make it available system-wide.
>
> This is why I think that it would be correct to install it to the root’s
> home directory and not to the sudoing user’s HOME.
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
>
I think Ricardo is right on this one. I would also recommend installing in
root's home directory. Ibelieve, that installing in a user home would make
sense only with a big amount of additional instrumentation and
documentation changes, along with arrangements to allow guix in
userspace. This is a straightforward way to make the script do what it's
purpose is.


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> Ricardo
>
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