01/08: doc: Explain that 'guix publish' relies on the key pair.

[Ludovic Courtès]

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commit b18812b6a42f822ea5ec25639b42335ffe458a0f
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Nov 3 22:37:07 2015 +0100

    doc: Explain that 'guix publish' relies on the key pair.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Mention 'guix archive
      --generate-key'.
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 doc/guix.texi |    4 ++++
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 23f9c3c..73913ee 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4877,6 +4877,10 @@ their authenticity and integrity (@pxref{Substitutes}).  
Because
 readable by the system administrator, it must be started as root; the
 @code{--user} option makes it drop root privileges early on.
 
+The signing key pair must be generated before @command{guix publish} is
+launched, using @command{guix archive --generate-key} (@pxref{Invoking
+guix archive}).
+
 The general syntax is:
 
 @example