GNU bug report logs - #45295
“sudo guix system reconfigure” triggers re-clone/update of Git checkout

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Hi!

If you do, as a regular user:

  guix pull
  sudo guix system reconfigure =E2=80=A6

the =E2=80=98guix system reconfigure=E2=80=99, as part of the downgrade-det=
ection
machinery, triggers an update of the channel checkout(s) in
~root/.cache, even though ~USER/.cache is already up-to-date.

One way to avoid it might be to special-case the checkout cache
directory for when =E2=80=98SUDO_USER=E2=80=99 is set.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.