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| @@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}) and @file{/var/guix}. | |||
| 308 | The latter contains a ready-to-use profile for @code{root} (see next | 308 | The latter contains a ready-to-use profile for @code{root} (see next |
| 309 | step.) | 309 | step.) |
| 310 | 310 | ||
| 311 | Some versions of GNU@tie{}tar raise a warning about ``implausibly old | ||
| 312 | time stamps''. This is because all the files in the archive have their | ||
| 313 | modification time set to zero (which means January 1st, 1970.) This is | ||
| 314 | done on purpose to make sure the archive content is independent of its | ||
| 315 | creation time, thus making it reproducible. | ||
| 316 | |||
| 311 | Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that | 317 | Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that |
| 312 | would overwrite its own essential files. | 318 | would overwrite its own essential files. |
| 313 | 319 | ||