From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 11 08:39:57 2021 Received: (at 37737) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2021 13:39:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56132 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kyxQL-0008M8-GO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:39:57 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-f43.google.com ([209.85.128.43]:34969) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kyxQJ-0008Lt-8y for 37737@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:39:55 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-f43.google.com with SMTP id e25so15152688wme.0 for <37737@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:39:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yGae35jFbFK56quz+WftjcIMQaEYhJBeeL1LJHSrsD0=; b=OLZdHhZNnXKbk8uTAROWr3CHlcmiGgiFbhA1qUqbj3Ki+a98zASs2kNIO6f5zrynIw APR0UaxDiNdC1wUuCNGDNLqCKnLK6p3jqseVhb8d9+jucCM0Jtn1KoJa2yhkk4MZm2DV GX/Cmry67lFS497X/tFBe2P/qRC9meg4wX9go+ExCm9CWQjvWjQx5OCLprOkVQV30yW5 PMo9BWIFVWh7ohMGrz51g6H0ohREmkjS6tIX2Yn+4HalV8EyocqEkfm+xKpSbqOn/SxE Fh2gsFM7nkf1KCsJVpDCHfg+RpsBPSrMm94DHed2uZQ/Cc3+9r4aAXbdXG8qHkBw/SeC Eojw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yGae35jFbFK56quz+WftjcIMQaEYhJBeeL1LJHSrsD0=; b=O7+NPO3/q3FBQtrbK+Z0h9uBNg+qLJyrjFYkIX+RSS3TpS2eQuDuYpCJDSGkT5pwY7 zjOSSZFvaABsuScrmQ2Ez8TaG3LTx2pql4Yc2q5Pzb9BfO3U8cqMbU1+WfWo+wILtcOD cS9T4jwKmzlv2wVNay5jPY5WAKI4PwQXUmFFK78ddu9R5Qg5XCSzgNJLaiGKGUlzJQT2 Vb7oSIVyv0IIo7IKsXwIVOSV441F8FwTmFpBJeZBSVJRP3rKy8W+jwa0skJP9KpDAb9z RxwDTPfyh64SaCnxQhg5r7WuGCMX3xGon5lauZyL9Ftcm6Q2jC2A4HlAtj+96qpGLBCe 6Bpg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532rOGbSTSntVV3WMISC5PhfDRAHzcXNU0knPzo7/vunchXoFSXZ BABuilMHjk3W+XDva4Sorj6AjkYhCRA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwch5wj6xDLPmbdjQvdPxZ9PFoqTi0Q1UfCJv8T93m5gASUMVvN0coTuEnCZfd2E2BB+gtsFA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:804a:: with SMTP id b71mr14893856wmd.21.1610372389497; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:39:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from lili ([2a01:e0a:59b:9120:65d2:2476:f637:db1e]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y11sm21481567wmi.0.2021.01.11.05.39.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:39:49 -0800 (PST) From: zimoun To: David Truby Subject: Re: bug#37737: Documentation should mention that source checkout must be readable by the guixbuild group if guix-daemon is run from there References: <86r1nj9u9a.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:31:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <86r1nj9u9a.fsf@gmail.com> (zimoun's message of "Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:13:53 +0100") Message-ID: <86y2gzsipk.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 37737 Cc: 37737@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hi, On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 14:13, zimoun wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 15:54, David Truby wrote: > >> When following the Contributing section of the manual in my home >> directory, I was unable to use the built guix to do anything as I hit >> upon a message saying "error: failed to run download program >> '/home/truby/src/guix/scripts/guix': Permission denied=E2=80=8B" >> >> After some debugging I realised this was because my home directory was >> not world readable. I think to avoid other people having this problem >> it might be worth mentioning in the manual that the source directory >> needs to be readable by the guixbuild group for the users in that >> group to be able to actually build anything. (In hindsight, this seems >> obvious to me. But it wasn't when I first ran through that section of >> the manual!) > > Since it appears to me obvious, I am not sure to see how to improve. > Because you ran into the problem, do you want to give a try in rewording > somewhere in the manual? Do you think it is worth to add one line in this section about Building from Git [1] or this one about Running from Source [2]? 1: 2: All the best, simon