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doc: Add 'BASE-URL' variable. 

* doc/guix.texi (BASE-URL): New variable.
(Binary Installation, USB Stick and DVD Installation)
(Running Guix in a VM): Use it instead of hard-coded URL.
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Ludovic Courtès 2019-04-26 14:16:18 +02:00
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@set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5 @set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5
@set KEY-SERVER pool.sks-keyservers.net @set KEY-SERVER pool.sks-keyservers.net
@c Base URL for downloads.
@set BASE-URL https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix
@c The official substitute server used by default. @c The official substitute server used by default.
@set SUBSTITUTE-SERVER ci.guix.info @set SUBSTITUTE-SERVER ci.guix.info
@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ Installing goes along these lines:
@item @item
@cindex downloading Guix binary @cindex downloading Guix binary
Download the binary tarball from Download the binary tarball from
@indicateurl{https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz}, @indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz},
where @var{system} is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine where @var{system} is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine
already running the kernel Linux, and so on. already running the kernel Linux, and so on.
@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ Make sure to download the associated @file{.sig} file and to verify the
authenticity of the tarball against it, along these lines: authenticity of the tarball against it, along these lines:
@example @example
$ wget https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig $ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig $ gpg --verify guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig
@end example @end example
@ -1862,7 +1865,7 @@ about their support in GNU/Linux.
An ISO-9660 installation image that can be written to a USB stick or An ISO-9660 installation image that can be written to a USB stick or
burnt to a DVD can be downloaded from burnt to a DVD can be downloaded from
@indicateurl{https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz}, @indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz},
where @var{system} is one of: where @var{system} is one of:
@table @code @table @code
@ -1878,7 +1881,7 @@ Make sure to download the associated @file{.sig} file and to verify the
authenticity of the image against it, along these lines: authenticity of the image against it, along these lines:
@example @example
$ wget https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig $ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig $ gpg --verify guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig
@end example @end example
@ -24578,7 +24581,7 @@ example graph.
@cindex virtual machine @cindex virtual machine
To run Guix in a virtual machine (VM), one can use the pre-built Guix VM image To run Guix in a virtual machine (VM), one can use the pre-built Guix VM image
distributed at distributed at
@indicateurl{https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.xz} @indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.xz}
This image is a compressed image in QCOW format. You will first need to This image is a compressed image in QCOW format. You will first need to
decompress with @command{xz -d}, and then you can pass it to an emulator such decompress with @command{xz -d}, and then you can pass it to an emulator such
as QEMU (see below for details). as QEMU (see below for details).