From b91d7f0f47cab7bb16ac14486d2e4fee8112c63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:00:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "doc: Suggest how to preserve /var and /root owner and
permissions."
This reverts commit 8c3a5d7059a24e9c6d7bf14be296169cdcf06ad6, which is no
longer needed due to commit b2a5fa594e66b9d929df11fc7a38e4b367a00a5e.
---
doc/guix.texi | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 9b2e367d0c..2e245bfcf9 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -274,18 +274,12 @@ As @code{root}, run:
@example
# cd /
-# tar --skip-old-files -xf \
- guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz
+# tar xf guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz
@end example
This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}), @file{/var/guix},
and @file{/root/.guix-profile}. @file{/root/.guix-profile} is a
ready-to-use profile for @code{root} where Guix is installed.
-@c '--skip-old-files' does the right thing with tar 1.28. The manual
-@c does not clearly document the behavior we describe here, though.
-The @code{--skip-old-files} option allows you to make sure the owner and
-permissions on @file{/var} and @file{/root} are preserved (@pxref{Option
-Summary, @code{--skip-old-files},, tar, GNU tar: an archiver tool}).
Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that
would overwrite its own essential files.