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| author | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2017-06-26 00:00:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2017-06-26 00:00:58 -0400 |
| commit | ed068b960eeedb92823238783779730319b8ba0e (patch) | |
| tree | 36a4de280458d52520b911b2716eb5cea309fd78 /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | a9308efec642bfbce480545a22fce848e6212456 (diff) | |
| parent | ffc015bea26f24d862e7e877d907fbe1ab9a9967 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 925c584e42..0073f24518 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -334,6 +334,12 @@ updates for a given software package in a single place and have them affect the whole system---something that bundled copies prevent. @item +If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic +signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the +authenticity of the archive. For a detached GPG signature file this +would be done with the @code{gpg --verify} command. + +@item Take a look at the profile reported by @command{guix size} (@pxref{Invoking guix size}). This will allow you to notice references to other packages unwillingly retained. It may also help determine |