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doc: Remove misleading sentence about TMPDIR. 

Reported by pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/33171>.

* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Remove sentence that suggests
that TMPDIR leaks into the build environment.
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Ludovic Courtès 2018-11-01 16:03:39 +01:00
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@ -1230,12 +1230,9 @@ etc. This helps achieve reproducible builds (@pxref{Features}).
When the daemon performs a build on behalf of the user, it creates a When the daemon performs a build on behalf of the user, it creates a
build directory under @file{/tmp} or under the directory specified by build directory under @file{/tmp} or under the directory specified by
its @code{TMPDIR} environment variable; this directory is shared with its @code{TMPDIR} environment variable. This directory is shared with
the container for the duration of the build. Be aware that using a the container for the duration of the build, though within the container,
directory other than @file{/tmp} can affect build results---for example, the build tree is always called @file{/tmp/guix-build-@var{name}.drv-0}.
with a longer directory name, a build process that uses Unix-domain
sockets might hit the name length limitation for @code{sun_path}, which
it would otherwise not hit.
The build directory is automatically deleted upon completion, unless the The build directory is automatically deleted upon completion, unless the
build failed and the client specified @option{--keep-failed} build failed and the client specified @option{--keep-failed}