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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-16 10:35:24 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-16 11:27:37 +0100
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build: Default to "https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/" for substitutes.
* config-daemon.ac: Check for (gnutls) and define 'GUIX_SUBSTITUTE_URLS'. * nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (main): Use GUIX_SUBSTITUTE_URLS. * guix/store.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Use 'https' when (gnutls) is available. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention mirrors (Invoking guix-daemon): Mention mirror.hydra.gnu.org. (Substitutes): Mention mirrors. (Invoking guix archive): Show https URLs.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 438189fb34..05ce7858d5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ Directories,,, texinfo, GNU Texinfo}, for more details on changing the
Info search path.)
@item
-To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} (@pxref{Substitutes}),
-authorize them:
+To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} or one of its mirrors
+(@pxref{Substitutes}), authorize them:
@example
# guix archive --authorize < ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
@@ -912,8 +912,9 @@ remote procedure call (@pxref{The Store}).
@item --substitute-urls=@var{urls}
@anchor{daemon-substitute-urls}
Consider @var{urls} the default whitespace-separated list of substitute
-source URLs. When this option is omitted, @indicateurl{http://hydra.gnu.org}
-is used.
+source URLs. When this option is omitted,
+@indicateurl{https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org https://hydra.gnu.org} is used
+(@code{mirror.hydra.gnu.org} is a mirror of @code{hydra.gnu.org}).
This means that substitutes may be downloaded from @var{urls}, as long
as they are signed by a trusted signature (@pxref{Substitutes}).
@@ -1730,7 +1731,8 @@ your system has unpatched security vulnerabilities.
@cindex security
@cindex digital signatures
-To allow Guix to download substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org}, you
+To allow Guix to download substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} or a
+mirror thereof, you
must add its public key to the access control list (ACL) of archive
imports, using the @command{guix archive} command (@pxref{Invoking guix
archive}). Doing so implies that you trust @code{hydra.gnu.org} to not
@@ -2199,7 +2201,7 @@ served by @code{hydra.gnu.org} to @file{/tmp/emacs}:
@example
$ wget -O - \
- http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/@dots{}-emacs-24.5 \
+ https://hydra.gnu.org/nar/@dots{}-emacs-24.5 \
| bunzip2 | guix archive -x /tmp/emacs
@end example
@@ -4294,7 +4296,7 @@ but you are actually on an @code{x86_64} machine:
@example
$ guix build --log-file gdb -s mips64el-linux
-http://hydra.gnu.org/log/@dots{}-gdb-7.10
+https://hydra.gnu.org/log/@dots{}-gdb-7.10
@end example
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