Hi, Thanks for the report.
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 15:03, Tirifto <tiri...@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> All the best, simon
