On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 01:04:40PM -0500, myglc2 wrote: > TYPO: > "edit" (last line above) should be replaced with "view", "inspect", or > "examine". > RENAME: > Calling these functions 'guix edit' and 'M-x guix-edit' implies that the > user will be able to modify the recipe, but this is not actually the > case.
This depends on the user's rights. In a global installation, root is allowed to modify. In a git checkout, one would need to do "./pre-inst-env guix edit" like with all other guix commands. Andreas
