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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-24 23:20:17 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-24 23:24:33 +0100
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doc: Improve recent changes in "Binary Installation".
This amends part of c8e2688. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Improve wording of some parts. Fix Upstart example. Remove incorrect paragraph about locales. Reinstate bit about reproducing the binary tarball.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -377,9 +377,10 @@ Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}).
@item
-Run and set the Guix daemon to automatically start on boot.
+Run the daemon, and set it to automatically start on boot.
-If your host distro uses the systemd init system:
+If your host distro uses the systemd init system, this can be achieved
+with these commands:
@example
# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \
@@ -390,8 +391,8 @@ If your host distro uses the systemd init system:
If your host distro uses the Upstart init system:
@example
-# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/
+# start guix-daemon
@end example
Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with:
@@ -400,7 +401,6 @@ Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with:
# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
@end example
-
@item
Make the @command{guix} command available to other users on the machine,
for instance with:
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ authorize them:
@end example
@end enumerate
-This completes root-level install of Guix. Each user will need to
+This completes root-level install of Guix. Each user will need to
perform additional steps to make their Guix envionment ready for use,
@pxref{Application Setup}.
@@ -446,16 +446,18 @@ the root profile:
# guix package -i hello
@end example
-If your host distro uses @code{locales} that are incompatible with the
-@code{glibc} that Guix uses, you will see @code{warning: failed to
-install locale: Invalid argument}. This may be ignored, or remedied by
-installing Locales as root, @pxref{Application Setup}.
-
The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s profile,
or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which case you
would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the @command{guix}
-command. In other words, don't remove @code{guix} by running @code{guix
-package -r guix}.
+command. In other words, do not remove @code{guix} by running
+@code{guix package -r guix}.
+
+The binary installation tarball can be (re)produced and verified simply
+by running the following command in the Guix source tree:
+
+@example
+make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz
+@end example
@node Requirements