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[PATCH] doc: Explain --localstatedir some more.
From: |
Jookia |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: Explain --localstatedir some more. |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:35:53 +1100 |
This should hopefully stop people from running in to issues when
building Guix from source as they have in the past.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Add explanation of the localstatedir flag.
Discuss how to keep compatibility with binary installation and the package.
---
doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 0e8e5ad..94323ff 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita address@hidden
Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Mathieu address@hidden
Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Pierre-Antoine address@hidden
Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/address@hidden
-Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Leo Famulari
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft
+Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Leo address@hidden
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben address@hidden
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Jookia
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -514,6 +515,18 @@ manager} is available, you
can instead configure Guix with @code{--disable-daemon}. In that case,
Nix replaces the three dependencies above.
+Tradionally Guix stores its state in @var{localstatedir} as most GNU
+applications do. In certain situations you may want to change this setting,
+by passing the @address@hidden flag to @command{configure}.
+
+The binary installation of Guix and the package of Guix both use @code{/var} as
+their @var{localstatedir} path. If you wish to have compatibility with one of
+these versions of Guix installed or you plan to install, passing
address@hidden/var} to @command{configure} will allow your compiled Guix
+to share state. Be warned that sharing the same Guix store (usually located at
address@hidden/gnu}) with different sets of state could cause issues such as
garbage
+collecting store entries that are alive in one Guix's state but not the
other's.
+
Guix is compatible with Nix, so it is possible to share the same store
between both. To do so, you must pass @command{configure} not only the
same @code{--with-store-dir} value, but also the same
--
2.7.0
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