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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-17 09:49:22 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-18 00:25:48 +0200
commit08fa76131e71dc12f5d669480d74e9183008d71a (patch)
tree0c244e118c960161e2dcd645306bd663e0a9e7ef /gnu/system
parent2f6d3e417fb99d264f0147a81771874860dcaf10 (diff)
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install: Turn off deduplication for the binary tarball.
* gnu/build/install.scm (register-closure): Add #:deduplicate? parameter and honor it. (populate-single-profile-directory): Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Pass #:deduplicate? #f. Invoke tar with --check-links.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system')
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index e8a36b3def..6f4116ef9b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
(setenv "PATH"
(string-append #$guix "/sbin:" #$tar "/bin:" #$xz "/bin"))
+ ;; Note: there is not much to gain here with deduplication and there
+ ;; is the overhead of the '.links' directory, so turn it off.
(populate-single-profile-directory %root
#:profile #$profile
- #:closure "profile")
+ #:closure "profile"
+ #:deduplicate? #f)
;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name
;; length limitation.
(with-directory-excursion %root
(zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
"--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
+ "--check-links"
"-cvf" #$output
;; Avoid adding / and /var to the tarball,
;; so that the ownership and permissions of those