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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-06-08 23:22:17 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-06-16 16:10:47 +0200
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tree3b95e57daa70ee60c750025d3eeb008b9d90cd11 /doc/guix.texi
parentc3f6f564e909ebefe752d24b325871a4e3a02d40 (diff)
pull: Add '--disable-authentication'.
* guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Add #:authenticate? and honor it. (latest-channel-instances): Likewise. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'authenticate-channels?'. (show-help, %options): Add '--disable-authentication'. (guix-pull): Pass #:authenticate? to 'latest-channel-instances'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it.
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@@ -3929,6 +3929,20 @@ Make sure you understand its security implications before using
@option{--allow-downgrades}.
@end quotation
+@item --disable-authentication
+Allow pulling channel code without authenticating it.
+
+@cindex authentication, of channel code
+By default, @command{guix pull} authenticates code downloaded from
+channels by verifying that its commits are signed by authorized
+developers, and raises an error if this is not the case. This option
+instructs it to not perform any such verification.
+
+@quotation Note
+Make sure you understand its security implications before using
+@option{--disable-authentication}.
+@end quotation
+
@item --system=@var{system}
@itemx -s @var{system}
Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of