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doc: Clarify that --disable-chroot is needed for non-root users. 

* doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup, Invoking guix-daemon): Mention
  --disable-chroot as needed for non-root users.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-05-27 17:41:55 +02:00
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@ -517,12 +517,13 @@ user @file{nobody};
a writable @file{/tmp} directory.
@end itemize
If you are installing Guix as an unprivileged user, it is still
possible to run @command{guix-daemon}. However, build processes will
not be isolated from one another, and not from the rest of the system.
Thus, build processes may interfere with each other, and may access
programs, libraries, and other files available on the system---making it
much harder to view them as @emph{pure} functions.
If you are installing Guix as an unprivileged user, it is still possible
to run @command{guix-daemon} provided you pass @code{--disable-chroot}.
However, build processes will not be isolated from one another, and not
from the rest of the system. Thus, build processes may interfere with
each other, and may access programs, libraries, and other files
available on the system---making it much harder to view them as
@emph{pure} functions.
@node Daemon Offload Setup
@ -764,7 +765,9 @@ needs.
Disable chroot builds.
Using this option is not recommended since, again, it would allow build
processes to gain access to undeclared dependencies.
processes to gain access to undeclared dependencies. It is necessary,
though, when @command{guix-daemon} is running under an unprivileged user
account.
@item --disable-log-compression
Disable compression of the build logs.