On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> carl hansen <carlhansen1...@gmail.com> skribis: > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 03:43:35PM -0800, carl hansen wrote: > >> > I do > >> > "info guix" > >> > and I don't get the info pages, although OTHER info pages work > >> > and INFOPATH seems correct. > >> > BUt if I am root then I do get > >> > info guix correctly. > >> > I can see the files are there in the file system. > >> > It seems that the guix.info should be automatically accessible > >> > to regular users, or do I have to do some additonal step? > >> > Or is it just me? > >> > >> Are you using GuixSD or Guix on a "foreign distro"? > >> > > > > ubuntu > > Where is Guix installed? If you used the “binary installation” method, > Guix is installed in /root/.guix-profile, which is why you only get to > see its manual when running ‘info’ as root. > > HTH, > Ludo’. > Yes, that is the case, there is no mystery, there is indeed a /root/.guix-profile/share/info/guix.info and there is NOT a ~user/.guix-profile/share/info/guix.info However I consider that a bug. Here I am a user, using guix, and I expect "info guix" to work. Why would the user have to switch to root just to read this one info file? After installing guix, I would expect guix.info to be in my defalt .guix-profile, or a least a notice of how to install guix.info. ( coping and linking I know how to do, that's not the problem. It's a question of creating a polished piece of software.) Would "guix package -i guix" do the right thing? That seems all wrong, would install stuff I already have. I acknowledge my understanding of the guix system is incomplete.
