2018-03-26 11:11 GMT+02:00 Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net>: > > Hi Clément, > > > As I said to Chris (Cc'ed), I don't think it's a good idea to install > > Guix in root's home directory. Instead, we should probably honor the > > USER and HOME environment variables, so that the command can be run as a > > non-root user (with sudo) in a consistent way. What do you think? > > The script should be run as root as it follows the manual’s > instructions, which tell people to install Guix for the root user and > then make it available system-wide. > > This is why I think that it would be correct to install it to the root’s > home directory and not to the sudoing user’s HOME. > > Or am I missing something? > > I think Ricardo is right on this one. I would also recommend installing in root's home directory. Ibelieve, that installing in a user home would make sense only with a big amount of additional instrumentation and documentation changes, along with arrangements to allow guix in userspace. This is a straightforward way to make the script do what it's purpose is.
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