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'authorized-keys' field is badly documented

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From: raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
To: Guix Bugs <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: authorized-fields is not/badly documented
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 04:16:15 +0100

guix archive --authorize started issuing a warning some time ago
pointing to "authorized-keys" in "operating-system".

* that is not a valid field of operating-system
* there is no such item in the Guix info page's index
* the relevant example loads a single key from a file, without
  indicating what the syntax of the file is
* trying to store /etc/guix/signing-key.pub as a Scheme file results in
  a parser error due to the hexadecimal syntax being incompatible with
  some Scheme syntax weirdness

So, how the hecc do I add keys permanently the Official Way? Because I
have no idea. I'll try to update the docs when I figure it out.
OOoor... the person who introduced the change could document it. :|

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