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Manual section on building Guix from Git is incomplete |
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Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:03:46 +0000 |
Hello!
The manual describes how to fetch Guix from Git in section ‘14.1
Building from Git’, including how to verify the authenticity of the
copy. Quoting the part in question:
> If you want to hack Guix itself, it is recommended to use the latest
> version from the Git repository:
>
> git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
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> How do you ensure that you obtained a genuine copy of the
> repository? To do that, run ‘guix git authenticate’, passing if the
> commit and OpenPGP fingerprint of the “channel introduction” (*note
> Invoking guix git authenticate::):
>
> guix git authenticate 9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad \
> "BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
>
> This command completes with exit code zero on success; it prints an
> error message and exits with a non-zero code otherwise.
I have encountered two problems here:
1.‘guix git authenticate’ only works after the branch ‘keyring’ has
been set up locally; I’ve been told to achieve this with the
command ‘git fetch upstream keyring:keyring’, but ‘git checkout
keyring’ has worked for me, too. After that, it seems to be
necessary to switch back to the master branch to successfully run
‘guix git authenticate’. I think the commands for this should be
included in this section.
2. The word ‘if’ seems to be a typo of ‘it’. I first thought that the
sentence was incomplete and that the command should pass if the
commit and the fingerprint [did something]. :)
Not sure how the first one would be solved the best.
Best of wishes
// Tirifto
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Re: bug#42604: Manual section on building Guix from Git is incomplete |
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Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:33:41 +0200 |
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Hi,
On Mon, 05 Jul 2021 at 11:44, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 15:03, Tirifto <tirifto@posteo.cz> wrote:
>
>> The manual describes how to fetch Guix from Git in section ‘14.1
>> Building from Git’, including how to verify the authenticity of the
>> copy. Quoting the part in question:
>>
>>> If you want to hack Guix itself, it is recommended to use the latest
>>> version from the Git repository:
>>>
>>> git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>>>
>>> How do you ensure that you obtained a genuine copy of the
>>> repository? To do that, run ‘guix git authenticate’, passing if the
>>> commit and OpenPGP fingerprint of the “channel introduction” (*note
>>> Invoking guix git authenticate::):
>>>
>>> guix git authenticate 9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad \
>>> "BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
>>>
>>> This command completes with exit code zero on success; it prints an
>>> error message and exits with a non-zero code otherwise.
>>
>> I have encountered two problems here:
>>
>> 1.‘guix git authenticate’ only works after the branch ‘keyring’ has
>> been set up locally; I’ve been told to achieve this with the
>> command ‘git fetch upstream keyring:keyring’, but ‘git checkout
>> keyring’ has worked for me, too. After that, it seems to be
>> necessary to switch back to the master branch to successfully run
>> ‘guix git authenticate’. I think the commands for this should be
>> included in this section.
>>
>> 2. The word ‘if’ seems to be a typo of ‘it’. I first thought that the
>> sentence was incomplete and that the command should pass if the
>> commit and the fingerprint [did something]. :)
>>
>> Not sure how the first one would be solved the best.
>
> I think the latest [1] version of the manual fixes the 2 issue. WDYT?
>
> 1: <http://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Building-from-Git>
I am closing. If I miss something, feel free to reopen.
All the best,
simon
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