bug#40804: Issue with guix-install.sh script?

[zimoun]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 01:22, operator.name via Bug reports for GNU
Guix <address@hidden> wrote:

> $ sudo ./guix-install.sh

[...]

> Press return to continue...
> [1587683635.547]: Starting installation (Fri 24 Apr 00:13:55 BST 2020)
> [1587683635.567]: [ PASS ] verification of required commands completed
> [1587683635.575]: [ FAIL ] Missing OpenPGP public key.  Fetch it with this 
> command:
>   wget https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 -qO - | gpg 
> --import -
>
> $ wget https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 -qO - | gpg 
> --import -

sudo wget https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 -qO - |
gpg --import -

Because the root needs to know the keysigning dance to check, not your
regular user.
Other said, the ./guix-install.sh script is run as root and it is as
root that it check the public key.


Hope that helps.

All the best,
simon