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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-04-09 01:20:19 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-04-09 01:20:19 +0200
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guix system: Add 'vm-image' action and '--image-size' option.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (%options): Add --image-size. (%default-options): Add 'image-size'. (guix-system)[parse-options]: Handle the 'vm-image' action. Honor them. (show-help): Update accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add 'vm-image'.
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@@ -2982,7 +2982,8 @@ guix system @var{options}@dots{} @var{action} @var{file}
@var{file} must be the name of a file containing an
@code{operating-system} declaration. @var{action} specifies how the
-operating system is instantiate. Currently only one value is supported:
+operating system is instantiate. Currently the following values are
+supported:
@table @code
@item vm
@@ -2991,6 +2992,11 @@ Build a virtual machine that contain the operating system declared in
@var{file}, and return a script to run that virtual machine (VM).
The VM shares its store with the host system.
+
+@item vm-image
+Return a virtual machine image of the operating system declared in
+@var{file} that stands alone. Use the @option{--image-size} option to
+specify the size of the image.
@end table
@var{options} can contain any of the common build options provided by