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   "goal": [
    "Warn developers when the Guix daemon runs unprivileged",
    "Document how to migrate Guix daemon back to root mode to avoid build failures"
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    "Draft status reflects pending discussion in RFC #36239 rather than known code churn"
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    "No reviews or concept comments yet (crickets)",
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      "P3 because it reduces developer friction during Guix builds",
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  "summary": "Adds a pre-build check in contrib/guix/guix-build that warns users when guix-daemon runs unprivileged under Linux user namespaces. Also adds migration instructions in contrib/guix/INSTALL.md to switch the daemon back to root mode.",
  "problem": "Modern Guix installations using unprivileged user namespaces break local compilation of certain dependencies such as python-distlib and node when building without substitutes, causing long Guix builds to fail late with confusing permission errors.",
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   "author_status": "silent since 2026-09-13 (opened PR as draft based on RFC #36239)"
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   "summary": "No reviews yet; hebasto suggested keeping in draft pending RFC #36239 consensus",
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    "rationale": "Saves developer time by diagnosing an environmental Guix failure early. As the PR notes, unprivileged namespaces are 'known to cause reproducible build failures in dependencies (like python-distlib and node) when building locally without substitutes', saving 'developers hours of wasted compilation time'."
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  "card": "This PR adds a warning check to contrib/guix/guix-build and migration documentation in contrib/guix/INSTALL.md for developers running guix-daemon in unprivileged user-namespace mode. It resolves confusing dependency build failures that occur during local Guix builds without substitutes. The PR is clean and ready for review, though kept in draft pending discussion in RFC #36239. It has received no substantive review comments yet."
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