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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e70c8e9b09..d6fbd85fde 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1012,9 +1012,11 @@ environments, which avoids discrepancies in cases where build processes capture the name of their build tree. @vindex http_proxy -The daemon also honors the @env{http_proxy} environment variable for -HTTP downloads it performs, be it for fixed-output derivations -(@pxref{Derivations}) or for substitutes (@pxref{Substitutes}). +@vindex https_proxy +The daemon also honors the @env{http_proxy} and @env{https_proxy} +environment variables for HTTP and HTTPS downloads it performs, be it +for fixed-output derivations (@pxref{Derivations}) or for substitutes +(@pxref{Substitutes}). If you are installing Guix as an unprivileged user, it is still possible to run @command{guix-daemon} provided you pass @option{--disable-chroot}. @@ -3376,13 +3378,13 @@ authenticating bindings between domain names and public keys.) @subsection Proxy Settings @vindex http_proxy -Substitutes are downloaded over HTTP or HTTPS. -The @env{http_proxy} environment -variable can be set in the environment of @command{guix-daemon} and is -honored for downloads of substitutes. Note that the value of -@env{http_proxy} in the environment where @command{guix build}, -@command{guix package}, and other client commands are run has -@emph{absolutely no effect}. +@vindex https_proxy +Substitutes are downloaded over HTTP or HTTPS. The @env{http_proxy} and +@env{https_proxy} environment variables can be set in the environment of +@command{guix-daemon} and are honored for downloads of substitutes. +Note that the value of those environment variables in the environment +where @command{guix build}, @command{guix package}, and other client +commands are run has @emph{absolutely no effect}. @node Substitution Failure @subsection Substitution Failure |