channels: 'authenticate-channel' doesn't check relation with intro commit.

Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/41908>.
Reported by Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>.

The relation check imposed an extra restriction that was unnecessary:
it's enough to authenticate the set difference between the closure of
START-COMMIT and that of END-COMMIT.  Any attempt to jump to an
unrelated commit would lead to the authentication failure of one commit
on the way.

* guix/channels.scm (authenticate-channel): Remove extra
'commit-relation' check when (null? commits).
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Ludovic Courtès 2020-06-21 16:39:27 +02:00
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@ -350,22 +350,10 @@ fails."
(define reporter
(progress-reporter/bar (length commits)))
;; When COMMITS is empty, it's either because AUTHENTICATED-COMMITS
;; contains END-COMMIT or because END-COMMIT is not a descendant of
;; START-COMMIT. Check that.
(if (null? commits)
(match (commit-relation start-commit end-commit)
((or 'self 'ancestor 'descendant) #t) ;nothing to do!
('unrelated
(raise
(condition
(&message
(message
(format #f (G_ "'~a' is not related to introductory \
commit of channel '~a'~%")
(oid->string (commit-id end-commit))
(channel-name channel))))))))
(begin
;; When COMMITS is empty, it's because END-COMMIT is in the closure of
;; START-COMMIT and/or AUTHENTICATED-COMMITS, in which case it's known to
;; be authentic already.
(unless (null? commits)
(format (current-error-port)
(G_ "Authenticating channel '~a', \
commits ~a to ~a (~h new commits)...~%")
@ -388,7 +376,7 @@ commits ~a to ~a (~h new commits)...~%")
(cache-authenticated-commit cache-key
(oid->string
(commit-id end-commit)))))))
(commit-id end-commit))))))
(define* (latest-channel-instance store channel
#:key (patches %patches)