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| author | Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> | 2017-12-12 16:06:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> | 2017-12-15 12:15:15 +0100 |
| commit | 5a72ddf176d53a7f4df922985d9d7fd4cfa160f5 (patch) | |
| tree | df7a61a6eb598dde8a0a71fff9aa0e858dd08b7f /doc | |
| parent | d65854bdda4ad5464fcd8fe6289eedc13ea82ba1 (diff) | |
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scripts: system: Add --expression option.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add expression option.
(%options): Ditto.
(guix-system): Allow commands taking a file as an argument to use an
expression instead.
(process-action): Read operating-system from expression or file.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Introduce the expression option.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7625f30fbb..64f73b38a4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -18744,6 +18744,14 @@ Build Options}). In addition, @var{options} can contain one of the following: @table @option +@item --expression=@var{expr} +@itemx -e @var{expr} +Consider the operating-system @var{expr} evaluates to. +This is an alternative to specifying a file which evaluates to an +operating system. +This is used to generate the GuixSD installer @pxref{Building the +Installation Image}). + @item --system=@var{system} @itemx -s @var{system} Attempt to build for @var{system} instead of the host system type. |