From unknown Sun Aug 10 16:51:34 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#30742 <30742@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#30742 <30742@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. Reply-To: bug#30742 <30742@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:51:34 +0000 retitle 30742 doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. reassign 30742 guix-patches submitter 30742 julien lepiller severity 30742 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Mar 07 11:40:17 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2018 16:40:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49746 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6y-0002YL-C9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:40:16 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56600) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6l-0002Xa-SZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:40:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6f-0002qq-RV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:39:58 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:49793) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6f-0002qm-NH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:39:57 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47558) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6e-0006nL-IA for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:39:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6Z-0002oD-M1 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:39:56 -0500 Received: from lepiller.eu ([89.234.186.109]:43380) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etc6Z-0002mM-A6 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:39:51 -0500 Received: from webmail.lepiller.eu (static-176-182-42-79.ncc.abo.bbox.fr [176.182.42.79]) by lepiller.eu (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id d7ca2870 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128:NO) for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 16:41:39 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_692f088ab74d8db1c7d99ab7f7fa849c" Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:39:43 +0100 From: julien lepiller To: guix-patches@gnu.org Subject: doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. Message-ID: <2dfa40317e05d323a4ddded2c7c99aae@lepiller.eu> X-Sender: julien@lepiller.eu User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.3 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --=_692f088ab74d8db1c7d99ab7f7fa849c Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hi, since a user got confused and tried to run the instructions with sudo (which doesn't work), here is a slight improvement for the documentation that adds a hint as to what we mean by "as root". --=_692f088ab74d8db1c7d99ab7f7fa849c Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: text/x-diff; name=0001-doc-Explain-what-we-mean-by-root-in-binary-installat.patch Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=0001-doc-Explain-what-we-mean-by-root-in-binary-installat.patch; size=812 RnJvbSBmYjFmNjY2MzRhMmFlYzQ4NDA0MzhjZDhjOTViMmMxMTA2MWNlMDg1IE1vbiBTZXAgMTcg MDA6MDA6MDAgMjAwMQpGcm9tOiBKdWxpZW4gTGVwaWxsZXIgPGp1bGllbkBsZXBpbGxlci5ldT4K RGF0ZTogV2VkLCA3IE1hciAyMDE4IDE3OjM5OjA0ICswMTAwClN1YmplY3Q6IFtQQVRDSF0gZG9j OiBFeHBsYWluIHdoYXQgd2UgbWVhbiBieSByb290IGluIGJpbmFyeSBpbnN0YWxsYXRpb24uCgoq IGRvYy9ndWl4LnRleGkgKEJpbmFyeSBJbnN0YWxsYXRpb24pOiBBZGQgZXhwbGljaXQgaW5zdHJ1 Y3Rpb25zIHRvIGJlY29tZSByb290LgotLS0KIGRvYy9ndWl4LnRleGkgfCAzICsrLQogMSBmaWxl IGNoYW5nZWQsIDIgaW5zZXJ0aW9ucygrKSwgMSBkZWxldGlvbigtKQoKZGlmZiAtLWdpdCBhL2Rv Yy9ndWl4LnRleGkgYi9kb2MvZ3VpeC50ZXhpCmluZGV4IGFiZWMwYzA4Ny4uZDNhNzkwOGY5IDEw MDY0NAotLS0gYS9kb2MvZ3VpeC50ZXhpCisrKyBiL2RvYy9ndWl4LnRleGkKQEAgLTQ0Myw3ICs0 NDMsOCBAQCBhbmQgcmVydW4gdGhlIEBjb2Rle2dwZyAtLXZlcmlmeX0gY29tbWFuZC4KIEBjIGVu ZCBhdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvbiBwYXJ0CiAKIEBpdGVtCi1BcyBAY29kZXtyb290fSwgcnVuOgorTm93 LCB5b3UgbmVlZCB0byBiZWNvbWUgdGhlIEBjb2Rle3Jvb3R9IHVzZXIuICBEZXBlbmRpbmcgb24g eW91ciBkaXN0cmlidXRpb24sCit5b3UgbWF5IGhhdmUgdG8gcnVuIEBjb2Rle3N1IC19IG9yIEBj b2Rle3N1ZG8gLWl9LiAgQXMgQGNvZGV7cm9vdH0sIHJ1bjoKIAogQGV4YW1wbGUKICMgY2QgL3Rt cAotLSAKMi4xNi4yCgo= --=_692f088ab74d8db1c7d99ab7f7fa849c-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Mar 07 16:26:58 2018 Received: (at 30742) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2018 21:26:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49917 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etgaQ-0001uK-0E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:26:58 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:48072) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etgaO-0001uB-Bd for 30742@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:26:56 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC21011FC1; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:26:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id r3ZNdX_uSqyU; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:26:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (vpn-0-27.aquilenet.fr [IPv6:2a0c:e300:4:27::]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A050311FB2; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:26:54 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: julien lepiller Subject: Re: [bug#30742] doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. References: <2dfa40317e05d323a4ddded2c7c99aae@lepiller.eu> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:26:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: <2dfa40317e05d323a4ddded2c7c99aae@lepiller.eu> (julien lepiller's message of "Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:39:43 +0100") Message-ID: <87r2ovpofe.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 30742 Cc: 30742@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) julien lepiller skribis: > From fb1f66634a2aec4840438cd8c95b2c11061ce085 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Julien Lepiller > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:39:04 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. > > * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add explicit instructions to become root. Sure, go for it! Ludo'. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Mar 08 16:09:52 2018 Received: (at 30742-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2018 21:09:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51537 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eu2nQ-0004lJ-Fi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:09:52 -0500 Received: from lepiller.eu ([89.234.186.109]:51020) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eu2nO-0004l9-6M for 30742-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:09:50 -0500 Received: from localhost (static-176-182-42-79.ncc.abo.bbox.fr [176.182.42.79]) by lepiller.eu (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id e5364bfd (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO) for <30742-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 8 Mar 2018 21:11:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 22:09:43 +0100 From: Julien Lepiller To: 30742-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: [bug#30742] doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation. 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