Hi Maxime,

Thanks for your replies.  I hadn't thought about the issue with make authenticate, but makes complete sense!  Thanks for explaining.

I've attached an updated patch, which I think does what you asked for (replacing make authenticate with guix git authenticate.

Many thanks,
Emma


Sep 18, 2022, 19:53 by maximedevos@telenet.be:

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> On 18-09-2022 19:26, Maxime Devos wrote:
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>> As such, I propose that:
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>>    * you adjust the patch to note that authenticating the checkout is
>>      impossible if you don't already have Guix installed (instead of
>>      recommending the insecure "make authenticate")
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>>    * I write a patch removing "make authenticate" and adjusting old uses
>>      of "make authenticate" to "guix git authenticate ...".
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> I have attached a patch for the latter.
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> Greetings,
> Maxime.
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