doc: Clarify 'sudo' vs. 'guix pull' and 'guix system reconfigure'.

* doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Clarify use of
"sudo" with "guix pull" and "guix system reconfigure".
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@ -2289,13 +2289,26 @@ unless your configuration specifies otherwise
(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
@cindex upgrading Guix System
From then on, you can update the system whenever you want by running @command{guix
pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and then running
@command{guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm}, as @code{root} too, to
build a new system generation with the latest packages and services
From then on, you can update the system whenever you want by running, say:
@example
guix pull
sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
@end example
@noindent
This builds a new system generation with the latest packages and services
(@pxref{Invoking guix system}). We recommend doing that regularly so that
your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
@c See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-01/msg00268.html>.
@quotation Note
@cindex sudo vs. @command{guix pull}
Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command and
@emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH} unchanged. To
explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}.
@end quotation
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