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guix: Small updates to README wording

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@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ Otherwise, follow the [Guix installation guide][guix/bin-install].
Guix allows us to achieve better binary security by using our CPU time to build
everything from scratch. However, it doesn't sacrifice user choice in pursuit of
this: users can decide whether or not to bootstrap and to use substitutes.
this: users can decide whether or not to bootstrap and to use substitutes
(pre-built packages).
After installation, you may want to consider [adding substitute
servers](#speeding-up-builds-with-substitute-servers) to speed up your build if
that fits your security model (say, if you're just testing that this works).
This is skippable if you're using the [Dockerfile][fanquake/guix-docker].
servers](#speeding-up-builds-with-substitute-servers) from which to download
pre-built packages to speed up your build if that fits your security model (say,
if you're just testing that this works). Substitute servers are set up by
default if you're using the [Dockerfile][fanquake/guix-docker].
If you prefer not to use any substitutes, make sure to supply `--no-substitutes`
like in the following snippet. The first build will take a while, but the
@ -164,14 +166,15 @@ find output/ -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 sha256sum
_This whole section is automatically done in the convenience
[Dockerfiles][fanquake/guix-docker]_
For those who are used to life in the fast _(and trustful)_ lane, you can use
[substitute servers][guix/substitutes] to enable binary downloads of packages.
For those who are used to life in the fast _(and trustful)_ lane, you can
specify [substitute servers][guix/substitutes] from which to download pre-built
packages.
> For those who only want to use substitutes from the official Guix build farm
> and have authorized the build farm's signing key during Guix's installation,
> you don't need to do anything.
#### Authorize the signing keys
#### Step 1: Authorize the signing keys
For the official Guix build farm at https://ci.guix.gnu.org, run as root:
@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ For dongcarl's substitute server at https://guix.carldong.io, run as root:
wget -qO- 'https://guix.carldong.io/signing-key.pub' | guix archive --authorize
```
#### Use the substitute servers
#### Step 2: Specify the substitute servers
The official Guix build farm at https://ci.guix.gnu.org is automatically used
unless the `--no-substitutes` flag is supplied.
@ -215,9 +218,9 @@ As mentioned at the bottom of [this manual page][guix/bin-install]:
### When will Guix be packaged in debian?
Vagrant Cascadian has been making good progress on this
[here][debian/guix-package]. We have all the pieces needed to put up an APT
repository and will likely put one up soon.
Thanks to Vagrant Cascadian's diligent work, Guix is now [in debian
experimental][debian/guix-experimental]! Hopefully it will make its way into a
release soon.
[b17e]: http://bootstrappable.org/
[r12e/source-date-epoch]: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/
@ -229,5 +232,5 @@ repository and will likely put one up soon.
[guix/substitute-server-auth]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Substitute-Server-Authorization.html
[guix/time-machine]: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-time_002dmachine.html
[debian/guix-package]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850644
[debian/guix-experimental]: https://packages.debian.org/experimental/guix
[fanquake/guix-docker]: https://github.com/fanquake/core-review/tree/master/guix