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author | Sergiu Ivanov <sivanov@colimite.fr> | 2021-12-05 22:35:00 +0100 |
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committer | Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de> | 2021-12-12 22:29:19 +0100 |
commit | 4725a85f893767793d1e874642e130146f85dfcb (patch) | |
tree | 89869b8966a5d5e5bf84ecff648287b99da6a3e2 | |
parent | 5b1184a103640186fd22e1c53ba64a83f7e6fc3d (diff) |
README.org: Add instructions how to add our substitution server.
* README.org (Substitutes for nonguix): New chapter.
(Avoiding kernel recompilation): rename heading to "Pinning package
versions".
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
-rw-r--r-- | README.org | 35 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -193,9 +193,40 @@ required, it is recommended to stay with Linux LTS releases: ...) #+END_SRC -** Avoiding kernel recompilation +** Substitutes for nonguix -Since prebuilt substitutes are not currently available for Nonguix, you may find +A Nonguix substitute server is available at [[https://substitutes.nonguix.org]]. +On Guix System, you can add and authorize this URL in the following way: +#+BEGIN_SRC scheme +(operating-system + (services (modify-services %desktop-services + (guix-service-type config => (guix-configuration + (inherit config) + (substitute-urls + (append (list "https://substitutes.nonguix.org") + %default-substitute-urls)) + (authorized-keys + (append (list (local-file "./signing-key.pub")) + %default-authorized-guix-keys)))))) + ...) +#+END_SRC + +Notice that the URL of the server should be specified without a trailing +slash. The file ~signing-key.pub~ should be downloaded directly from +[[https://substitutes.nonguix.org/signing-key.pub]]. + +Alternatively, you can use replace ~(local-file "./signing-key.pub")~ by: +#+BEGIN_SRC scheme +(plain-file "non-guix.pub" + "<contents of signing-key.pub>") +#+END_SRC + +Check out the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Substitutes.html][chapter on substitutes]] +in the Guix manual for more details. + +** Pinning package versions + +When using substitutes is not an option, you may find that ~guix system reconfigure~ recompiles the kernel frequently due to version bumps in the kernel package. An inferior can be used to pin the kernel version and avoid lengthy rebuilds. |