Hi. My replies are inside and after the quote bellow.

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.

Ha, the issue that appear after the Guile update.

> 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

It's seems to be complicated. When I have fixed the last problem I get
with the vulnerability testes script, I could try the switch back to
Guile 3.0.9.


Best regards

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Gendre Sébastien

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