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authorChris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>2018-03-11 01:13:01 +0100
committerChris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>2018-03-24 03:04:07 +0100
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tests: Add tests for "guix pack".
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (bootstrap-xz): New variable. (%options) <--bootstrap>: New option. (show-help): Document the new --bootstrap option. (guix-pack): When --bootstrap is specified, use the bootstrap Guile, tar, and xz to build the pack, and do not use any profile hooks or locales. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document the new --bootstrap option. * tests/guix-pack.sh: New file. * Makefile.am (SH_TESTS): Add guix-pack.sh. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix) <inputs>: Add util-linux.
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017 Leo Famulari@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Chris Marusich@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Chris Marusich@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 John Darrington@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Nils Gillmann@*
@@ -2899,6 +2899,10 @@ added to it or removed from it after extraction of the pack.
One use case for this is the Guix self-contained binary tarball
(@pxref{Binary Installation}).
+
+@item --bootstrap
+Use the bootstrap binaries to build the pack. This option is only
+useful to Guix developers.
@end table
In addition, @command{guix pack} supports all the common build options