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[PATCH 0/6] Rootless guix-daemon on Guix System

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Message #62 received at 77288 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, 77288 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Reepca Russelstein <reepca <at> russelstein.xyz>
Subject: Re: [bug#77288] [PATCH 6/6] DRAFT news: Add entry about
 unprivileged guix-daemon on Guix System.
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:24:20 +0200

Hi Florian,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

>> This news item is specifically about Guix System (announced upfront),
>> but I guess we can add a sentence toward the end.  (Thing is, the
>> situation will be simpler on foreign distros: we won’t support switching
>> between privileged and unprivileged, so either you get one or the
>> other.)
>>
>
> Yes, please!  That sentence in parentheses explains the situation, but
> needs rewording for etc/news.scm of course.

In the meantime some asked for instructions on how to migrate to the
unprivileged daemon on foreign distros, so I documented it, but that led
me to take a detour to ensure that ‘guix pull’ would install systemd
‘.service’ files.

This is all in v2, which I’ve just sent.

Ludo’.

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