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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-06-15 10:21:50 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-06-29 14:53:21 -0400
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pack: Add support for the deb format.
* .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode)[gexp->derivation]: Define indentation rule. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (debian-archive): New procedure. (%formats): Register the new deb format. (show-formats): Add it to the usage string. * tests/pack.scm (%ar-bootstrap): New variable. (deb archive with symlinks): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. * NEWS: Add news entry.
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@@ -6028,6 +6028,11 @@ This produces a SquashFS image containing all the specified binaries and
symlinks, as well as empty mount points for virtual file systems like
procfs.
+@item deb
+This produces a Debian archive (a package with the @samp{.deb} file
+extension) containing all the specified binaries and symbolic links,
+that can be installed on top of any dpkg-based GNU/Linux distribution.
+
@quotation Note
Singularity @emph{requires} you to provide @file{/bin/sh} in the image.
For that reason, @command{guix pack -f squashfs} always implies @code{-S