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[bug#70839,1/3] doc: Warn about extra-special-file usage in /etc.

Message ID b1b3ab9d9faa61c9773d8469c201df008dc46b39.1715208954.git.~@wolfsden.cz
State New
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Series Minor changes to `channels' field and related doc. | expand

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Tomas Volf May 8, 2024, 11:13 p.m. UTC 
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services)[extra-special-file]: Add warning regarding
files in /etc.

Change-Id: Ic45465c8712d61caeed42d7912777368e8763a1a
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 doc/guix.texi | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index f20208f94f..568878ad24 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ 
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Thomas Ieong@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Saku Laesvuori@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Graham James Addis@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Tomas Volf@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2023, 2024 Tomas Volf@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Herman Rimm@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Matthew Trzcinski@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Richard Sent@*
@@ -18984,6 +18984,10 @@  Base Services
 (extra-special-file "/usr/bin/env"
                     (file-append coreutils "/bin/env"))
 @end lisp
+
+This procedure is meant for @code{/bin/sh}, @code{/usr/bin/env} and
+similar targets.  In particular, use for targets under @code{/etc} might
+not work as expected if the target is managed by Guix in other ways.
 @end deffn
 
 @defvar host-name-service-type