01/01: install: Files in the tarball are all root-owned.

[Ludovic Courtès]

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 01dbc7e01a576bf388914dfe99fa473e87728462
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon May 18 00:42:05 2015 +0200

    install: Files in the tarball are all root-owned.
    
    Fixes a thinko introduced in 175ced4.
    
    * gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Use "root:0" as the
      owner and group.
    * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Revert 175ced4.
---
 doc/guix.texi          |    6 ------
 gnu/system/install.scm |    8 ++------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index bb0d39c..604ffcf 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -265,12 +265,6 @@ is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine 
already running the
 kernel Linux, and so on.
 
 @item
-Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
-(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}).  Use the exact same names as given in
-the example so that files extracted from the archive will have the right
-ownership.
-
address@hidden
 As @code{root}, run:
 
 @example
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 2ae7f27..799851c 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -67,14 +67,10 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
                                              #:closure "profile")
 
           ;; Create the tarball.  Use GNU format so there's no file name
-          ;; length limitation.  Use the owner and group names given in the
-          ;; manual.
-          ;; XXX: /var and /root should rather be root-owned, but it doesn't
-          ;; make any difference in practice.
+          ;; length limitation.
           (with-directory-excursion %root
             (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
-                            "--owner=guixbuilder01"
-                            "--group=guixbuild"
+                            "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
                             "-cvf" #$output ".")))))
 
     (gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build