[bug#30283] [PATCH] etc: Add installation script.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Ludo,

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> * etc/guix-install.sh: New file.
>> * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
>>
>> Co-authored-by: sharlatan <address@hidden>
>
> Looks really cool!  We’d need a bit of documentation though, under
> “Binary Installation” maybe?

Done.

>> +sys_authorize_build_farms()
>> +{ # authorize the public keys of the two build farms
>> +    _msg "${INF}Authorizing build farm public keys"
>> +    guix archive --authorize < 
>> ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub &&
>> +        _msg "${PAS}Authorized hydra.gnu.org"
>> +    guix archive --authorize < 
>> ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/berlin.guixsd.org.pub &&
>> +        _msg "${PAS}Authorized berlin.guixsd.org"
>> +}
>
> Would it make sense to ask for confirmation?  Like:
>
>   echo "Do you want to authorize binaries from the project's build farms?"
>   echo "If you answer yes, Guix will download pre-built package binaries from 
> them."
>   echo "If you answer no, Guix will build software from source."
>   read -r ANSWER
>   case "$ANSWER"
>      …
>   esac
>
> ?

Okay, I’ve implemented it.

Pushed with commit 6f4e8693e.

Thanks for your comments!

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Ricardo

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