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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 |