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doc: Clarify who can run 'guix pull'. 

Suggested by Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Add paragraph explaining that any
user can run 'guix pull'.
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@ -1992,9 +1992,15 @@ On completion, @command{guix package} will use packages and package
versions from this just-retrieved copy of Guix. Not only that, but all
the Guix commands and Scheme modules will also be taken from that latest
version. New @command{guix} sub-commands added by the update also
become available@footnote{Under the hood, @command{guix pull} updates
the @file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest
Guix, and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
become available.
Any user can update their Guix copy using @command{guix pull}, and the
effect is limited to the user who run @command{guix pull}. For
instance, when user @code{root} runs @command{guix pull}, this has no
effect on the version of Guix that user @code{alice} sees, and vice
versa@footnote{Under the hood, @command{guix pull} updates the
@file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest Guix,
and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments,
but it supports the following options: