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install: Files in the tarball are all root-owned. 

Fixes a thinko introduced in 175ced4.

* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Use "root:0" as the
  owner and group.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Revert 175ced4.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-05-18 00:42:05 +02:00
parent 175ced413c
commit 01dbc7e01a
2 changed files with 2 additions and 12 deletions
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@ -264,12 +264,6 @@ verify the authenticity of the tarball against it!}, where @var{system}
is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine already running the is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine already running the
kernel Linux, and so on. kernel Linux, and so on.
@item
Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}). Use the exact same names as given in
the example so that files extracted from the archive will have the right
ownership.
@item @item
As @code{root}, run: As @code{root}, run:

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@ -67,14 +67,10 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
#:closure "profile") #:closure "profile")
;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name ;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name
;; length limitation. Use the owner and group names given in the ;; length limitation.
;; manual.
;; XXX: /var and /root should rather be root-owned, but it doesn't
;; make any difference in practice.
(with-directory-excursion %root (with-directory-excursion %root
(zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu" (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
"--owner=guixbuilder01" "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
"--group=guixbuild"
"-cvf" #$output "."))))) "-cvf" #$output ".")))))
(gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build (gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build