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01/03: doc: Clarify installation from the binary tarball.
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
01/03: doc: Clarify installation from the binary tarball. |
Date: |
Mon, 04 May 2015 13:08:26 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 39f8ed14374e79d1734d8651a31f492a52c44b5d
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Mon May 4 14:31:00 2015 +0200
doc: Clarify installation from the binary tarball.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Specifically refer to
group/account creation, and add an item for substitutes. Mention
verifiability.
---
doc/guix.texi | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index d7868ba..eb240b1 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system
since that
would overwrite its own essential files.
@item
-Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
-run it:
+Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
+(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}), and run the daemon:
@example
# /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder
@@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ for instance with:
# cd /usr/local/bin
# ln -s /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix
@end example
+
address@hidden
+To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} (@pxref{Substitutes}),
+authorize them:
+
address@hidden
+# guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
address@hidden example
@end enumerate
And that's it!
@@ -305,8 +313,8 @@ profile, or it would become subject to garbage
collection---in which
case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the
@command{guix} command.
-The tarball in question can be (re)produced simply by running the
-following command in the Guix source tree:
+The tarball in question can be (re)produced and verified simply by
+running the following command in the Guix source tree:
@example
make address@hidden