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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-16 21:56:00 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-16 21:56:00 +0200
commit7889394e059a2362d3227fb02256de4afd46129c (patch)
treec58a09e074643a0fe6657fb45b7fe3a9edfed40b /guix
parent90f69c2ec598b7a94b7d35e4ce61bda245369b6d (diff)
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guix system: Add 'build' action.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Document 'build' action. (guix-system): Honor 'build' action. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add 'build' action.
Diffstat (limited to 'guix')
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system.scm19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 582027244c..0739534b57 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#:use-module (guix utils)
#:use-module (guix monads)
#:use-module (guix scripts build)
+ #:use-module (gnu system)
#:use-module (gnu system vm)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-37)
@@ -71,9 +72,15 @@
(define (show-help)
(display (_ "Usage: guix system [OPTION] ACTION FILE
Build the operating system declared in FILE according to ACTION.\n"))
- (display (_ "Currently the only valid values for ACTION are 'vm', which builds
-a virtual machine of the given operating system that shares the host's store,
-and 'vm-image', which builds a virtual machine image that stands alone.\n"))
+ (newline)
+ (display (_ "The valid values for ACTION are:\n"))
+ (display (_ "\
+ - 'build', build the operating system without installing anything\n"))
+ (display (_ "\
+ - 'vm', build a virtual machine image that shares the host's store\n"))
+ (display (_ "\
+ - 'vm-image', build a freestanding virtual machine image.\n"))
+
(show-build-options-help)
(display (_ "
--image-size=SIZE for 'vm-image', produce an image of SIZE"))
@@ -131,9 +138,7 @@ and 'vm-image', which builds a virtual machine image that stands alone.\n"))
(alist-cons 'argument arg result)))
(let ((action (string->symbol arg)))
(case action
- ((vm)
- (alist-cons 'action action result))
- ((vm-image)
+ ((build vm vm-image)
(alist-cons 'action action result))
(else (leave (_ "~a: unknown action~%")
action))))))
@@ -147,6 +152,8 @@ and 'vm-image', which builds a virtual machine image that stands alone.\n"))
(read-operating-system file)
(leave (_ "no configuration file specified~%"))))
(mdrv (case action
+ ((build)
+ (operating-system-derivation os))
((vm-image)
(let ((size (assoc-ref opts 'image-size)))
(system-qemu-image os