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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-03-29 22:40:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-03-30 01:01:32 +0100 |
| commit | b0a37d8b1ab6762ede3c807bbb05004ba606c684 (patch) | |
| tree | 6595e3976406298e4f6c1453ac4a3f5fd27f8fea /doc | |
| parent | fbcd9022c6ba49c7b8869a072b6584cb93682fc2 (diff) | |
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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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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e8db900d1f..6a3b85d54a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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 The general syntax is: |