Subject: Re: bug#36785: Impossible to pull on foreign distro

From: Gábor Boskovits <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:00:48 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. szept. 23., Hét
10:29):

> Hi Maxim,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
> > --- a/doc/guix.texi
> > +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> > @@ -2387,8 +2387,8 @@ Success, you've now booted into Guix System!  From
> then on, you can update the
> >  system whenever you want by running, say:
> >
> >  @example
> > -guix pull
> > -sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
> > +sudo -i guix pull
> > +sudo -i guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
> >  @end example
> >
> >  @noindent
> > @@ -2396,14 +2396,6 @@ This builds a new system generation with the
> latest packages and services
> >  (@pxref{Invoking guix system}).  We recommend doing that regularly so
> that
> >  your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security
> Updates}).
> >
> > -@c See <
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-01/msg00268.html>.
> > -@quotation Note
> > -@cindex sudo vs. @command{guix pull}
> > -Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command
> and
> > -@emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH}
> unchanged.  To
> > -explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix
> @dots{}}.
> > -@end quotation
>
> I think these bits were correct.
>
> That is, when running “sudo foo”, “foo” is looked up in the user’s
> $PATH, not in root’s $PATH.  That’s what led to this text in commit
> 796a4491fdaa4a0a3d669457b89356f9fbfc966e.
>
> So this part is fine
>
I believe sudo -H would work in all distros for doing a root guix pull. Can
someone confirm?

>
> Perhaps we need another section for this?  Or perhaps we can drop the
> ball…
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
Best regards,
g_bor