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From: "Nicolas Débonnaire" <n.debonnaire@gmail.com>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Building from git
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:16:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANOKM3f1+-3WC0G9Ri497rLE+4CZKySnr4mtj+akXNtLAP7y7Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86v8clajxs.fsf@gmail.com>

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Hi,
Looks like it's working.
I was able to complete the "building from git" section of the documentation
after an update of guix.
Thanks everyone.

Le sam. 9 sept. 2023 à 11:01, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 07 Sep 2023 at 19:45, wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz> wrote:
>
> >> The Makefile does not run ‘guix git authenticate’ using ./pre-inst-env.
> >> And that’s probably to ensure the source of trust.  If one corrupt the
> >> commit that is built, then ’make authenticate’ would authenticate the
> >> corruption because it would run the corrupted newly built guix command.
> >> Currently, ’make authenticate’ run one guix command that had already
> >> been authenticated.  Well, that’s my understanding.
> >
> > Hmm, but the recipe for the authenticate rule comes from the (possibly)
> > compromised source, no?  So the attacker can just modify the recipe
> instead of
> > the command going the authentication.  Am I missing something?
>
> Yes, the corruption of Makefile.am can be the corruption I was talking
> about.
>
> Well, for more explanations one can maybe read:
>
>         [bug#57909] bug#57910: [PATCH] Add link to 'pre-inst-env' from
> 'installing from git' docs
>         Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
>         Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:58:29 +0200
>         id:87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
>         https://issues.guix.gnu.org//57910
>         https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
>         https://yhetil.org/guix/87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
>
>         [bug#57909] bug#57910: [PATCH] Add link to 'pre-inst-env' from
> 'installing from git' docs
>         Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
>         Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:23:10 +0200
>         id:ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
>         https://issues.guix.gnu.org//57910
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
>
> https://yhetil.org/guix/ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
>
> Cheers,
> simon
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-23 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-02  9:03 Building from git Nicolas Débonnaire
2023-09-05 14:18 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-09-07 12:06 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-07 16:37   ` Bruno Victal
2023-09-07 17:45   ` wolf
2023-09-07 18:59     ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-23 17:16       ` Nicolas Débonnaire [this message]
2023-09-08  9:10     ` Josselin Poiret
2023-09-08  9:47       ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-09-08 11:11         ` wolf
2023-09-09  8:32           ` Josselin Poiret

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