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'sudo guix pull' failure in the profile migration code

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#36785: Impossible to pull on foreign distro
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:29:43 +0200

Hi Maxim,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> 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.

Perhaps we need another section for this?  Or perhaps we can drop the
ball…

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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