[Nix-dev] gnutar 1.25 root conflict

[Eelco Dolstra]

On 11/03/2011 01:36 PM, quick at sparq.org wrote:

> You were correct, it was running as root.  I had specified a prefix for 
> installation (again, using Nix on a non-NixOS environment) but according to the 
> directions in http://hydra.nixos.org/build/565033/download/1/manual/ section 
> 3.6.2.1, I had created a /nix/etc/nix/nix.conf to specify the build-users-
> group.  As it turns out, this is not the file that is used and I needed to 
> modify ${prefix}/etc/nix/nix.conf instead.

Thanks,  I've fixed this in the manual.

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