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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi13
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/pack.scm22
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 8a9e1bc992..7ed39ff132 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2841,6 +2841,19 @@ This has the same purpose as the same-named option in @command{guix
build} (@pxref{Additional Build Options, @code{--expression} in
@command{guix build}}).
+@item --manifest=@var{file}
+@itemx -m @var{file}
+Use the packages contained in the manifest object returned by the Scheme
+code in @var{file}.
+
+This has a similar purpose as the same-named option in @command{guix
+package} (@pxref{profile-manifest, @option{--manifest}}) and uses the
+same manifest files. It allows you to define a collection of packages
+once and use it both for creating profiles and for creating archives
+for use on machines that do not have Guix installed. Note that you can
+specify @emph{either} a manifest file @emph{or} a list of packages,
+but not both.
+
@item --system=@var{system}
@itemx -s @var{system}
Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of
diff --git a/guix/scripts/pack.scm b/guix/scripts/pack.scm
index a22258d5a6..a1b839e9ae 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pack.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pack.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2015, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -292,6 +293,9 @@ the image."
(option '(#\e "expression") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'expression arg result)))
+ (option '(#\m "manifest") #t #f
+ (lambda (opt name arg result)
+ (alist-cons 'manifest arg result)))
(option '(#\s "system") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'system arg
@@ -345,6 +349,9 @@ Create a bundle of PACKAGE.\n"))
(display (G_ "
-S, --symlink=SPEC create symlinks to the profile according to SPEC"))
(display (G_ "
+ -m, --manifest=FILE create a new profile generation with the manifest
+ from FILE"))
+ (display (G_ "
--localstatedir include /var/guix in the resulting pack"))
(newline)
(display (G_ "
@@ -375,10 +382,21 @@ Create a bundle of PACKAGE.\n"))
(read/eval-package-expression exp))
(x #f)))
+ (define (manifest-from-args opts)
+ (let ((packages (filter-map maybe-package-argument opts))
+ (manifest-file (assoc-ref opts 'manifest)))
+ (cond
+ ((and manifest-file (not (null? packages)))
+ (leave (G_ "both a manifest and a package list were given~%")))
+ (manifest-file
+ (let ((user-module (make-user-module '((guix profiles) (gnu)))))
+ (load* manifest-file user-module)))
+ (else (packages->manifest packages)))))
+
(with-error-handling
(parameterize ((%graft? (assoc-ref opts 'graft?)))
(let* ((dry-run? (assoc-ref opts 'dry-run?))
- (packages (filter-map maybe-package-argument opts))
+ (manifest (manifest-from-args opts))
(pack-format (assoc-ref opts 'format))
(name (string-append (symbol->string pack-format)
"-pack"))
@@ -397,7 +415,7 @@ Create a bundle of PACKAGE.\n"))
(run-with-store store
(mlet* %store-monad ((profile (profile-derivation
- (packages->manifest packages)
+ manifest
#:target target))
(drv (build-image name profile
#:target