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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-03 22:37:07 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-04 00:12:19 +0100
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doc: Explain that 'guix publish' relies on the key pair.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Mention 'guix archive --generate-key'.
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@@ -4877,6 +4877,10 @@ their authenticity and integrity (@pxref{Substitutes}). Because
readable by the system administrator, it must be started as root; the
@code{--user} option makes it drop root privileges early on.
+The signing key pair must be generated before @command{guix publish} is
+launched, using @command{guix archive --generate-key} (@pxref{Invoking
+guix archive}).
+
The general syntax is:
@example