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commit b18812b6a42f822ea5ec25639b42335ffe458a0f
Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Nov 3 22:37:07 2015 +0100
doc: Explain that 'guix publish' relies on the key pair.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Mention 'guix archive
--generate-key'.
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doc/guix.texi | 4 ++++
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 23f9c3c..73913ee 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4877,6 +4877,10 @@ their authenticity and integrity (@pxref{Substitutes}).
Because
readable by the system administrator, it must be started as root; the
@code{--user} option makes it drop root privileges early on.
+The signing key pair must be generated before @command{guix publish} is
+launched, using @command{guix archive --generate-key} (@pxref{Invoking
+guix archive}).
+
The general syntax is:
@example
