Re: [PATCH] doc: cookbook: Update entry about getting substitutes through Tor.

[Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>]

Hello André,

On 2020-06-18 14:06, André Batista wrote:

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> qua 17 jun 2020 às 08:37:59 (1592393879), brice@waegenei.re enviou:
>> I would like to keep the warnings at the beginning of the section
>> to be sure that readers don't miss it when skimming trough it.
>> Any rewording of that part to make the scope of the section or
>> the warnings more clear is welcome.
> 
> It follows attached a new version of the previous patch which
> changes the comment to the warning quote. I had previously thought
> that it would be worse to inflate the warning with this comment even
> more so as the section's title already mentions it's related to
> substitutes.

I tought I already had applied your patch, but I forgot to do it.
It's now applied as f8945734a5abff69644284231cc47fb67456657b, sorry
for the delay.

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>> On a wider front I would prefer to have a foolproof configuration
>> that route *all* guix related traffic through Tor, instead of that
>> half-way setup.  Providing a way to 'torify' any service with
>> something like 'make-forkexec-constructor/trosocks', as
>> 'make-forkexec-constructor/container' does for containerizing a
>> service, would be great[0].  A less engaged option would be to
>> make 'guix-daemon' compatible with 'torsocks' since doing it so
>> makes guix unusable[1].
> 
> I too would prefer it, but a half-way setup is what we have for now.
> So a three-quarters-way would be an improvement though not the fix
> we're in need. I'll dig deeper and will come back to you if I make
> any progress.

I would love to know when you manage to advance on that front.

Have a good day,
- Brice