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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2024-03-29 22:40:52 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2024-03-30 01:01:32 +0100
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doc: Cross-reference virtual build machines from ‘guix time-machine’.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix time-machine): Tweak the note about packages that may fail to build. Add cross-reference to virtual build machines. Change-Id: Ib2a4a28cdca0c8970d0f5327e39b4a21800ea2e1
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@@ -5029,10 +5029,10 @@ Although it should technically be possible to travel to such an old
commit, the ease to do so will largely depend on the availability of
binary substitutes. When traveling to a distant past, some packages may
not easily build from source anymore. One such example are old versions
-of Python 2 which had time bombs in its test suite, in the form of
-expiring SSL certificates. This particular problem can be worked around
-by setting the hardware clock to a value in the past before attempting
-the build.
+of OpenSSL whose tests would fail after a certain date. This particular
+problem can be worked around by running a @dfn{virtual build machine}
+with its clock set to the right time (@pxref{build-vm, Virtual Build
+Machines}).
@end quotation
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