Re: guix build: error: gcry_md_hash_buffer: Function not implemented

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Simon,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
>> "26a788ae06 doc: Add some information/recommendation regarding
>> --sysconfdir."
>>
>> that I hope rectifies this!
>>
>> Let me know if something can be improved still.
>
> I think the “make install” part means here “./pre-inst-env guix pull”.
> Well, that’s the only case where I had troubles because this value is
> recorded and can be propagated.  Consider,
>
>     ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make
>     ./pre-inst-env guix pull
>     guix pull --commit=1234abc
>
> and compared to the sequence without ./pre-inst-env:
>
>     guix pull
>     guix pull -- commit=1234abc
>
> then it does not lead to the exact same Guix.

'sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure ...' would be another
such incantation that requires --sysconfdir to be set to /etc.  Since we
now recommend it to always be used, it is covered should these
"advanced" commands be used, I think.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim