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doc: Spell out the implications of disabling substitutes. 

Suggested by elb on #guix.

* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note explaining the
implications of disabling substitutes.
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Ludovic Courtès 2021-05-28 16:10:19 +02:00
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@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ To use substitutes from @code{@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}} or one of its mirrors
~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}.pub ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}.pub
@end example @end example
@quotation Note
If you do not enable substitutes, Guix will end up building
@emph{everything} from source on your machine, making each installation
and upgrade very expensive. @xref{On Trusting Binaries}, for a
discussion of reasons why one might want do disable substitutes.
@end quotation
@item @item
Each user may need to perform a few additional steps to make their Guix Each user may need to perform a few additional steps to make their Guix
environment ready for use, @pxref{Application Setup}. environment ready for use, @pxref{Application Setup}.