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commit d23ef788b3fff804d017247c4fee170b693c533d
Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Jun 1 22:56:33 2016 +0200
doc: Clarify non-interference when installed on a foreign distro.
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <[email protected]>.
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add paragraph explaining that files live
in two directories.
---
doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index dc61aa8..2cd30f6 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -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.
