futurile/guix-play
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

doc: Clarify non-interference when installed on a foreign distro.

Browse Source 
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add paragraph explaining that files live
in two directories.
This commit is contained in:
Ludovic Courtès 2016-06-01 22:56:33 +02:00
parent 4a23818659
commit d23ef788b3
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: 090B11993D9AEBB5
1 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

8
doc/guix.texi
View File

@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux system. If,
instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system,
@pxref{System Installation}.
@cindex foreign distro
When installed on a running GNU/Linux system---thereafter called a
@dfn{foreign distro}---GNU@tie{}Guix complements the available tools
without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
@menu
* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
@ -1096,6 +1103,7 @@ daemons on the same machine.
@node Application Setup
@section Application Setup
@cindex foreign distro
When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a
so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to
get everything in place. Here are some of them.