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-rw-r--r--Makefile.am5
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi43
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system.scm70
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-system.sh9
4 files changed, 75 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8e91e1e558..9c3ff4420f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -833,9 +833,8 @@ release: dist-with-updated-version
-v1 --no-grafts --fallback
for system in $(GUIX_SYSTEM_SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS) ; do \
image=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env \
- guix system disk-image \
- --file-system-type=iso9660 \
- --label="GUIX_$${system}_$(VERSION)" \
+ guix system disk-image -t iso9660 \
+ --label="GUIX_$${system}_$(VERSION)" \
--system=$$system --fallback \
gnu/system/install.scm` ; \
if [ ! -f "$$image" ] ; then \
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index ff2e582347..e8458ad8d8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Christopher Baines@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Clément Lassieur@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Mathieu Othacehe@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2020 Mathieu Othacehe@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Carlo Zancanaro@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@*
@@ -2568,8 +2568,7 @@ The installation image described above was built using the @command{guix
system} command, specifically:
@example
-guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
- gnu/system/install.scm
+guix system disk-image -t iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm
@end example
Have a look at @file{gnu/system/install.scm} in the source tree,
@@ -29375,24 +29374,28 @@ a value. Docker images are built to contain exactly what they need, so
the @option{--image-size} option is ignored in the case of
@code{docker-image}.
-You can specify the root file system type by using the
-@option{--file-system-type} option. It defaults to @code{ext4}. When its
-value is @code{iso9660}, the @option{--label} option can be used to specify
-a volume ID with @code{disk-image}.
+The @code{disk-image} command can produce various image types. The
+image type can be selected using the @command{--image-type} option. It
+defaults to @code{raw}. When its value is @code{iso9660}, the
+@option{--label} option can be used to specify a volume ID with
+@code{disk-image}.
-When using @code{vm-image}, the returned image is in qcow2 format, which
-the QEMU emulator can efficiently use. @xref{Running Guix in a VM},
-for more information on how to run the image in a virtual machine.
-
-When using @code{disk-image}, a raw disk image is produced; it can be
-copied as is to a USB stick, for instance. Assuming @code{/dev/sdc} is
-the device corresponding to a USB stick, one can copy the image to it
-using the following command:
+When using the @code{raw} image type, a raw disk image is produced; it
+can be copied as is to a USB stick, for instance. Assuming
+@code{/dev/sdc} is the device corresponding to a USB stick, one can copy
+the image to it using the following command:
@example
# dd if=$(guix system disk-image my-os.scm) of=/dev/sdc status=progress
@end example
+The @code{--list-image-types} command lists all the available image
+types.
+
+When using @code{vm-image}, the returned image is in qcow2 format, which
+the QEMU emulator can efficiently use. @xref{Running Guix in a VM},
+for more information on how to run the image in a virtual machine.
+
When using @code{docker-image}, a Docker image is produced. Guix builds
the image from scratch, not from a pre-existing Docker base image. As a
result, it contains @emph{exactly} what you define in the operating
@@ -29494,17 +29497,17 @@ information, one can rebuild the image to make sure it really contains
what it pretends to contain; or they could use that to derive a variant
of the image.
-@item --file-system-type=@var{type}
+@item --image-type=@var{type}
@itemx -t @var{type}
-For the @code{disk-image} action, create a file system of the given
-@var{type} on the image.
+For the @code{disk-image} action, create an image with given @var{type}.
-When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses @code{ext4}.
+When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses the @code{raw}
+image type.
@cindex ISO-9660 format
@cindex CD image format
@cindex DVD image format
-@option{--file-system-type=iso9660} produces an ISO-9660 image, suitable
+@option{--image-type=iso9660} produces an ISO-9660 image, suitable
for burning on CDs and DVDs.
@item --image-size=@var{size}
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index bd5f84fc5b..7b3eacf2e1 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ checking this by themselves in their 'check' procedure."
;;; Action.
;;;
-(define* (system-derivation-for-action os base-image action
- #:key image-size file-system-type
+(define* (system-derivation-for-action os action
+ #:key image-size image-type
full-boot? container-shared-network?
mappings label)
"Return as a monadic value the derivation for OS according to ACTION."
@@ -690,12 +690,15 @@ checking this by themselves in their 'check' procedure."
(* 70 (expt 2 20)))
#:mappings mappings))
((disk-image)
- (lower-object
- (system-image
- (image
- (inherit (if label (image-with-label base-image label) base-image))
- (size image-size)
- (operating-system os)))))
+ (let ((base-image (os->image os #:type image-type)))
+ (lower-object
+ (system-image
+ (image
+ (inherit (if label
+ (image-with-label base-image label)
+ base-image))
+ (size image-size)
+ (operating-system os))))))
((docker-image)
(system-docker-image os #:shared-network? container-shared-network?))))
@@ -748,18 +751,19 @@ and TARGET arguments."
install-bootloader?
dry-run? derivations-only?
use-substitutes? bootloader-target target
- image-size file-system-type full-boot? label
- container-shared-network?
+ image-size image-type
+ full-boot? label container-shared-network?
(mappings '())
(gc-root #f))
"Perform ACTION for OS. INSTALL-BOOTLOADER? specifies whether to install
bootloader; BOOTLOADER-TAGET is the target for the bootloader; TARGET is the
target root directory; IMAGE-SIZE is the size of the image to be built, for
-the 'vm-image' and 'disk-image' actions. The root file system is created as a
-FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE file system. FULL-BOOT? is used for the 'vm' action; it
-determines whether to boot directly to the kernel or to the bootloader.
-CONTAINER-SHARED-NETWORK? determines if the container will use a separate
-network namespace.
+the 'vm-image' and 'disk-image' actions. IMAGE-TYPE is the type of image to
+be built.
+
+FULL-BOOT? is used for the 'vm' action; it determines whether to
+boot directly to the kernel or to the bootloader. CONTAINER-SHARED-NETWORK?
+determines if the container will use a separate network namespace.
When DERIVATIONS-ONLY? is true, print the derivation file name(s) without
building anything.
@@ -799,11 +803,9 @@ static checks."
(check-initrd-modules os)))
(mlet* %store-monad
- ((target* (current-target-system))
- (image -> (find-image file-system-type target*))
- (sys (system-derivation-for-action os image action
+ ((sys (system-derivation-for-action os action
#:label label
- #:file-system-type file-system-type
+ #:image-type image-type
#:image-size image-size
#:full-boot? full-boot?
#:container-shared-network? container-shared-network?
@@ -888,6 +890,17 @@ Run 'herd status' to view the list of services on your system.\n"))))))
;;;
+;;; Images.
+;;;
+
+(define (list-image-types)
+ "Print the available image types."
+ (display (G_ "The available image types are:\n"))
+ (newline)
+ (format #t "~{ - ~a ~%~}" (map image-type-name (force %image-types))))
+
+
+;;;
;;; Options.
;;;
@@ -945,9 +958,9 @@ Some ACTIONS support additional ARGS.\n"))
apply STRATEGY (one of nothing-special, backtrace,
or debug) when an error occurs while reading FILE"))
(display (G_ "
- --file-system-type=TYPE
- for 'disk-image', produce a root file system of TYPE
- (one of 'ext4', 'iso9660')"))
+ --list-image-types list available image types"))
+ (display (G_ "
+ -t, --image-type=TYPE for 'disk-image', produce an image of TYPE"))
(display (G_ "
--image-size=SIZE for 'vm-image', produce an image of SIZE"))
(display (G_ "
@@ -1008,10 +1021,14 @@ Some ACTIONS support additional ARGS.\n"))
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'on-error (string->symbol arg)
result)))
- (option '(#\t "file-system-type") #t #f
+ (option '(#\t "image-type") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
- (alist-cons 'file-system-type arg
+ (alist-cons 'image-type (string->symbol arg)
result)))
+ (option '("list-image-types") #f #f
+ (lambda (opt name arg result)
+ (list-image-types)
+ (exit 0)))
(option '("image-size") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'image-size (size->number arg)
@@ -1080,7 +1097,7 @@ Some ACTIONS support additional ARGS.\n"))
(debug . 0)
(verbosity . #f) ;default
(validate-reconfigure . ,ensure-forward-reconfigure)
- (file-system-type . "ext4")
+ (image-type . raw)
(image-size . guess)
(install-bootloader? . #t)
(label . #f)))
@@ -1177,7 +1194,8 @@ resulting from command-line parsing."
(assoc-ref opts 'skip-safety-checks?)
#:validate-reconfigure
(assoc-ref opts 'validate-reconfigure)
- #:file-system-type (assoc-ref opts 'file-system-type)
+ #:image-type (lookup-image-type-by-name
+ (assoc-ref opts 'image-type))
#:image-size (assoc-ref opts 'image-size)
#:full-boot? (assoc-ref opts 'full-boot?)
#:container-shared-network?
diff --git a/tests/guix-system.sh b/tests/guix-system.sh
index 0e22686a34..667e084fcf 100644
--- a/tests/guix-system.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-system.sh
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ guix system vm "$tmpfile" -d | grep '\.drv$'
drv1="`guix system vm "$tmpfile" -d`"
drv2="`guix system vm "$tmpfile" -d`"
test "$drv1" = "$drv2"
-drv1="`guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 "$tmpfile" -d`"
-drv2="`guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 "$tmpfile" -d`"
+drv1="`guix system disk-image -t iso9660 "$tmpfile" -d`"
+drv2="`guix system disk-image -t iso9660 "$tmpfile" -d`"
test "$drv1" = "$drv2"
make_user_config "group-that-does-not-exist" "users"
@@ -320,5 +320,8 @@ guix system -n vm gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl
guix system -n vm-image gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl
# This invocation was taken care of in the loop above:
# guix system -n disk-image gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl
-guix system -n disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl
+guix system -n disk-image -t iso9660 gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl
guix system -n docker-image gnu/system/examples/docker-image.tmpl
+
+# Verify that at least the raw image type is available.
+guix system --list-image-types | grep "raw"