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| author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2024-04-13 09:18:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Guix Patches Tester <> | 2024-04-17 14:14:28 +0200 |
| commit | 9174d90a88741d302931cff2f0cfd2f4873f5624 (patch) | |
| tree | e86f3e8be8ddc65ea36d9ffbc61b3d8dd4f10344 | |
| parent | b47ae1ecc43baaf726701ab2d2f810ecfaa75428 (diff) | |
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doc: Warn about foreign distro Guix packages' security.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Prefix installation instructions
with a warning.
Change-Id: I088c7f00f4c3c8e32bdfd117ea934942930f7513
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index fc28a15980..bd2d096fc6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -741,6 +741,13 @@ provide Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix may be older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by running @samp{guix pull}. +In the past, lately, security vulnerabilities in @command{guix-daemon} +have been discovered and fixes for them have not yet been provided in +foreign distributions' packages. We advise those who install Guix, +both from the installation script or by distro packages, to also +regularly read and follow security notices, as shown by @command{guix +pull}. + For Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, call: @example |