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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2020-06-08 23:22:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2020-06-16 16:10:47 +0200 |
| commit | a9eeeaa6aeeafb817df3aad22a4b85205ac3ec13 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b95e57daa70ee60c750025d3eeb008b9d90cd11 /doc | |
| parent | c3f6f564e909ebefe752d24b325871a4e3a02d40 (diff) | |
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pull: Add '--disable-authentication'.
* guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Add #:authenticate? and
honor it.
(latest-channel-instances): Likewise.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'authenticate-channels?'.
(show-help, %options): Add '--disable-authentication'.
(guix-pull): Pass #:authenticate? to 'latest-channel-instances'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index dd626816d0..6c59db3393 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3929,6 +3929,20 @@ Make sure you understand its security implications before using @option{--allow-downgrades}. @end quotation +@item --disable-authentication +Allow pulling channel code without authenticating it. + +@cindex authentication, of channel code +By default, @command{guix pull} authenticates code downloaded from +channels by verifying that its commits are signed by authorized +developers, and raises an error if this is not the case. This option +instructs it to not perform any such verification. + +@quotation Note +Make sure you understand its security implications before using +@option{--disable-authentication}. +@end quotation + @item --system=@var{system} @itemx -s @var{system} Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of |