[bug#70839] [PATCH 1/3] doc: Warn about extra-special-file usage in /etc.

[Tomas Volf]

* doc/guix.texi (Base Services)[extra-special-file]: Add warning regarding
files in /etc.

Change-Id: Ic45465c8712d61caeed42d7912777368e8763a1a
---
 doc/guix.texi | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index f20208f94f..568878ad24 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Thomas Ieong@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Saku Laesvuori@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Graham James Addis@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Tomas Volf@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2023, 2024 Tomas Volf@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Herman Rimm@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Matthew Trzcinski@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Richard Sent@*
@@ -18984,6 +18984,10 @@ Base Services
 (extra-special-file "/usr/bin/env"
                     (file-append coreutils "/bin/env"))
 @end lisp
+
+This procedure is meant for @code{/bin/sh}, @code{/usr/bin/env} and
+similar targets.  In particular, use for targets under @code{/etc} might
+not work as expected if the target is managed by Guix in other ways.
 @end deffn
 
 @defvar host-name-service-type
-- 
2.41.0