GNU bug report logs - #78363
Home is read-only in guix shell container

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Package: guix;

Reported by: keinflue <keinflue <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 23:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 78440

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 78363 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rutherther <rutherther <at> ditigal.xyz>
To: 78363 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: keinflue <keinflue <at> posteo.net>
Subject: Re: Home is read-only in guix shell container
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 13:44:16 +0200

> I am not sure whether this is intended behavior, but it seems weird to 
> me. Inside e.g.
> 
> guix shell -Cu test coreutils
> 
> /home/test is mounted read-only and I do not see any way to make it 
> writable without sharing a host directory.

Yes this is intentional. The root has been changed to read only
recently. See the guix news. Use --writable-root to restore the previous behavior.
This bug report was last modified 55 days ago.

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