Re: Propose to distribute a user-only install script, not admin required

2020-05-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Josh, Josh Marshall skribis: > One thing which I think could significantly aid adoption would be up > either add an option or add a new installer script with guix > configured to install and run purely out of the user's home directory > without any special permissions. Conceptually, guix sho

Re: Propose to distribute a user-only install script, not admin required

2020-05-24 Thread Josh Marshall
Another non-chroot option is `fakechroot`, which seems to get the same effect without root. It does make me wonder why `chroot` requires privileged access at all. As I'm slowly getting more familiar with guix, the more I think the internal design ought to change. I'm finding that how it works ri

Re: Propose to distribute a user-only install script, not admin required

2020-05-16 Thread Bengt Richter
Hi Josh, Tobias, et al, On +2020-05-16 17:47:39 +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > Josh, > > Josh Marshall 写道: > > One thing which I think could significantly aid adoption would be up > > either add an option or add a new installer script with guix > > configured to install and run purely out

Re: Propose to distribute a user-only install script, not admin required

2020-05-16 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Josh, Josh Marshall 写道: One thing which I think could significantly aid adoption would be up either add an option or add a new installer script with guix configured to install and run purely out of the user's home directory without any special permissions. An old but classic place to start

Propose to distribute a user-only install script, not admin required

2020-05-16 Thread Josh Marshall
Hello all, One thing which I think could significantly aid adoption would be up either add an option or add a new installer script with guix configured to install and run purely out of the user's home directory without any special permissions. Conceptually, guix shouldn't need to have any elevate