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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-03-12 00:37:33 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-03-12 00:40:15 +0100
commit1dbe3a8db0a3e5a8e5f9b30e6f6a6bbfb699275b (patch)
tree1eb49e4166a7affad076771bd5a629c2be065356 /doc/guix.texi
parent5a717a95b33d72026085c2309a2079956586c098 (diff)
build: GnuTLS is now a hard dependency.
Discussed as part of <https://bugs.gnu.org/25975>. * configure.ac: Check for (gnutls) and error out if it's missing. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move GnuTLS from optional to required. (Substitutes): Remove footnote about the need for GnuTLS.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a602c701cb..93d0b7a084 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -544,6 +544,10 @@ GNU Guix depends on the following packages:
@itemize
@item @url{http://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.0.7 or later;
@item @url{http://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt};
+@item
+@uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings
+(@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for
+Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
@end itemize
@@ -551,15 +555,6 @@ The following dependencies are optional:
@itemize
@item
-Installing @uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS-Guile} will allow you to
-access @code{https} URLs for substitutes, which is highly recommended
-(@pxref{Substitutes}). It also allows you to access HTTPS URLs with the
-@command{guix download} command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}), the
-@command{guix import pypi} command, and the @command{guix import cpan}
-command. @xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings
-for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}.
-
-@item
Installing
@url{http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/, Guile-JSON} will
allow you to use the @command{guix import pypi} command (@pxref{Invoking
@@ -2003,8 +1998,7 @@ or to client tools such as @command{guix package}
(@pxref{client-substitute-urls,, client @option{--substitute-urls}
option}).
-Substitute URLs can be either HTTP or HTTPS@footnote{For HTTPS access,
-the Guile bindings of GnuTLS must be installed. @xref{Requirements}.}
+Substitute URLs can be either HTTP or HTTPS.
HTTPS is recommended because communications are encrypted; conversely,
using HTTP makes all communications visible to an eavesdropper, who
could use the information gathered to determine, for instance, whether