From 5dc3ce5f6c7990f44143f8e9bb9a873a014a82e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:53:54 +0200 Subject: doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary install. Suggested by Pjotr Prins . * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move warning about overwriting higher up. --- doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 69d65998c5..d47120da0b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}), @file{/var/guix}, and @file{/root/.guix-profile}. @file{/root/.guix-profile} is a ready-to-use profile for @code{root} where Guix is installed. +Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that +would overwrite its own essential files. + @item -Setup the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and +Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and run it: @example @@ -297,9 +300,7 @@ for instance with: And that's it! -There are two things to note. First, don't unpack the tarball on a -working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files. -Second, the @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s +The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the @command{guix} command. -- cgit 1.4.1