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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-05-18 21:32:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-05-18 22:27:23 +0200 |
| commit | 72b9d60df4723541e1a65f7a3d14abb757fbed97 (patch) | |
| tree | b2f4a29ef26d14f940f4df28a10af9f5c22b79d8 /doc | |
| parent | bb31e0a3ee2ba23fa7a57471b0aa2363404f4c27 (diff) | |
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guix system: Add 'init' sub-command.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (install): New procedure.
(guix-system)[parse-option]: Remove check for extraneous arguments.
[match-pair, option-arguments]: New procedures.
Use 'option-arguments'. Honor 'init'.
(show-help): Document 'init'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document 'init'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4881ec6e1b..4c32df3c9f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3209,6 +3209,21 @@ Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system. This action does not actually install anything. +@item init +Populate the given directory with all the files necessary to run the +operating system specified in @var{file}. This is useful for first-time +installations of the GNU system. For instance: + +@example +guix system init my-os-config.scm /mnt +@end example + +copies to @file{/mnt} all the store items required by the configuration +specified in @file{my-os-config.scm}. This includes configuration +files, packages, and so on. It also creates other essential files +needed for the system to operate correctly---e.g., the @file{/etc}, +@file{/var}, and @file{/run} directories, and the @file{/bin/sh} file. + @item vm @cindex virtual machine Build a virtual machine that contain the operating system declared in |