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#40276
[PATCH] doc: Update instructions to bootstrap the trust chain.
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Reported by: Jacob First <jacob.k.first <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:11:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Done: Jacob First <jacob.k.first <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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#40276: [PATCH] doc: Update instructions to bootstrap the trust chain.
which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.
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Closing this. As of 63c799c1 the instructions were changed to use `guix git
authenticate` so the additional advice is no longer relevant.
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* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Clarify that multiple committers'
keys may now be used to sign changes to git-authenticate.scm. For context see
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-03/msg00433.html>.
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doc/contributing.texi | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 31b875f817..ed6c952ba0 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@ gpg: using RSA key 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5
@noindent
... meaning that changes to this file are all signed with key
-@code{3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5} (you may need to fetch
-this key from a key server, if you have not done it yet).
+@code{3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5}. You may see other keys as well,
+as other contributors and/or maintainers may also commit to this
+file <at> footnote{For context about this change, see
+@url{https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-03/msg00433.html,
+this explanation} on the guix-devel mailing list.}. If you are missing any keys,
+fetch them from the respective committers'
+@url{https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist.php?group=guix, Savannah
+profiles} and re-run the verification.
From there on, you can authenticate all the commits included in your
checkout by running:
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