Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> writes: > 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
Of course, running as root, 'guix edit' opens the recipe read-only and from there, root can do whatever he/she likes. But, AIUI, this goes against the guix concept of an immutable store. To describe and name this function to imply that one could/should edit recipes in the store based on the "corner case" of root having the ultimable ability to do so seems counter to how you would want to encourage even a root user to proceed.
