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commit 829b73ab1952b63c99bc3dd018ec94aa7b766d85
Author: Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat May 1 23:31:14 2021 -0400
doc: Expound the note about the offload setup requirements.
* doc/release.org (Run “make release” for one or several release
candidates): Update the list of the required offload machine
architectures. Mention that QEMU user (transparent) emulation is
likely not good enough.
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doc/release.org | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/release.org b/doc/release.org
index 4c2335f..80b5eb8 100644
--- a/doc/release.org
+++ b/doc/release.org
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ update the ~guix~ package.
Steps #2 and #3 require you to have
[[info:guix#Daemon%20Offload%20Setup][offloading]] set up so you can build
for all the supported architectures. For instance, if you’re running
-this on an x86_64 machine, you should have an “armhf-linux” machine in
-=/etc/guix/machines.scm=.
+this on an x86_64 machine, you should have ~armhf-linux~,
+~aarch64-linux~ and ~powerpc64le-linux~ machines in your
+=/etc/guix/machines.scm=. Transparent emulation via QEMU has shown
+limits (such as causing test suite failures); real hardware is a must.
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