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[PATCH] environment: Provide a writable /run/user/$UID.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] environment: Provide a writable /run/user/$UID.
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 09:20:02 +0200

Hi,

Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> writes:

> I just wonder how many more we will need :)  Cannot really think of any,
> so hopefully this is it?

Hopefully!

>> +                                           (string-append "/run/user/"
>> +                                                          (number->string uid))))
>
> For normal users this is fine, but for root the whole /run should be
> writable, the way it is on normal system.  Thoughts?

For root, the whole root file system should be writable.

So I wonder if it makes sense to special-case the above to be “/run”
when UID is zero; WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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