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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/news.scm | 13 |
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diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index d037734013..292a33f391 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "43badf261f4688c8a7a7a9004a4bff8acb205835") + (title (en "@command{guix pull} authenticates channels")) + (body + (en "The @command{guix pull} and @command{guix time-machine} commands +now authenticate the source code that they pull, unless the new +@option{--disable-authentication} option is passed. What this means is that +Guix ensures that each commit received is cryptographically signed by an +authorized developer. This protects you from attempts to tamper with the Guix +repository and from attempts to ship malicious code to users. + +This feature is currently limited to the @code{guix} channel but will soon be +available to third-party channel authors."))) + (entry (commit "c924e541390f9595d819edc33c19d979917c15ec") (title (en "@command{guix repl} adds support for running Guile scripts") (de "@command{guix repl} kann Guile-Skripte ausführen") |