Hugo Buddelmeijer via <[email protected]> writes: > Hi > >> Oct 25, 2026 4:50:34 AM Sébastien Gendre <[email protected]>: >>> Do we have any update on how to install Guix System, or Guix package >>> manager, on a new computer while avoiding the vulnerabilities fixed >>> this summer ? > > On 10/25/26 16:00, Daniel Lakeland wrote: >> If you have fedora+guix you can create an installer image from guix system >> image, copy it to a USB drive and then use that right? > > Unfortunately that does not seem to work due to > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/7373 > > At least, I got stuck at that exact point when I tried this path. > > There are several ways forward being worked on, both long-term and > short-term. E.g.: > > - Fix the above mentioned issue. See also > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/7690 and more. > > - Backport the security patches to 1.5.x: > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/11832 > > - (Temporarily) switch back to Guile 3.0.9: > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/11778 , > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/11806 > > But I don't think there is consensus on what the best approach is, and > I'm not aware of any of them working well enough to get an > installation up and going. (Someone please correct me there!) > > Hugo
11778 worked for me. I got several _other_ problems with the install because that's rockpro64 (see https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/5876 if interested) and there is a lot of warnings but it worked.
