Hi, Nikita Karetnikov <nik...@karetnikov.org> skribis:
> 1. Can we change quotes? Not in Texinfo source: Texinfo (and TeX) interpret ASCII quotation marks and emit the right thing. > 2. "The build procedure for Guix is the same as for other GNU > software, and are not covered here." [1] > > I think that it would be better to change it like this: "The build > procedure for Guix is the same as for other GNU software and it is not > covered here." Indeed. > 3. Could anyone add more about these? > > `--disable-log-compression' > Disable compression of the build logs. > > `--disable-store-optimization' > Disable automatic file "deduplication" in the store. > > Do compression and optimization have any disadvantages? Not really. I’ll add something about that. > 4. "as a unprivileged user" [1] should be changed to "as an > unprivileged user." Right. > 5. Will it be possible to change 'guix-daemon' to run without root > privileges and also catch impurities? > > I read the corresponding section. Does it describe the current > state of Guix or the limitations of the GNU system? On GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD, chroot(2) is only available to root; on GNU/Hurd, unprivileged users can use it too. > 6. "By default, `guix-daemon' launches build processes under different > UIDs, taken from the build group specified with > `--build-users-group'. In addition, each build process is run in a > chroot environment that only contains the subset of the store that > the build process depends on, as specified by its derivation (*note > derivation: Programming Interface.), plus a set of specific system > directories." [1] > > I guess that "runs" should be used instead of "is run." No, because it means “is run [by the daemon] in a chroot environment”. > 7. "The command provides the obvious install, remove, and upgrade > operations. Each invocation is actually a _transaction_: either the > specified operation succeeds, or nothing happens. Thus, if the > `guix-package' processed is terminated during the transaction, or if a > power outage occurs during the transaction, then the user's profile > remains in its previous state, and remains usable." [1] > > Will it be possible to resume the terminated transaction later? > It's useful if you have a bad connection. Of course. If you hit C-c in the middle of an installation, you can start over, and only packages that have not been built yet will get built. > 8. "The `guix-gc' command has three modes of operations: it can be > used [...]" [1] > > It would be better to remove "of operations." Hmm, I just removed the ‘s’. :-) > 9. What is the difference between 'guix-build' and 'guix-package -i'? > And why do we need both? > > 'guix-package -i' creates a new profile, right? ‘guix-build’ is for packagers, when you want to build something without actually adding it to your profile, whereas ‘guix-package -i’ is for when you want to add something to your profile. Do you think this should be clarified somehow? Thanks! Ludo’.
