From 22f95a09eb9f136e59e2c2588a2c28a449155202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 16:10:19 +0200 Subject: doc: Spell out the implications of disabling substitutes. Suggested by elb on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note explaining the implications of disabling substitutes. --- doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e8b0485f78..52c263f7a4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ To use substitutes from @code{@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}} or one of its mirrors ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}.pub @end example +@quotation Note +If you do not enable substitutes, Guix will end up building +@emph{everything} from source on your machine, making each installation +and upgrade very expensive. @xref{On Trusting Binaries}, for a +discussion of reasons why one might want do disable substitutes. +@end quotation + @item Each user may need to perform a few additional steps to make their Guix environment ready for use, @pxref{Application Setup}. -- cgit v1.2.3