Hi, On Mon, 05 Jul 2021 at 11:44, zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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>
I am closing. If I miss something, feel free to reopen. All the best, simon
