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@@ -18165,23 +18165,43 @@ The type of the Cuirass service. Its value must be a
@code{cuirass-configuration} object, as described below.
@end defvr
-To add build jobs, you have to set the @code{specifications} field of
-the configuration. Here is an example of a service defining a build job
-based on a specification that can be found in Cuirass source tree. This
-service polls the Guix repository and builds a subset of the Guix
-packages, as prescribed in the @file{gnu-system.scm} example spec:
-
-@example
-(let ((spec #~((#:name . "guix")
- (#:url . "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git")
- (#:load-path . ".")
- (#:file . "build-aux/cuirass/gnu-system.scm")
- (#:proc . cuirass-jobs)
- (#:arguments (subset . "hello"))
- (#:branch . "master"))))
- (service cuirass-service-type
- (cuirass-configuration
- (specifications #~(list '#$spec)))))
+To add build jobs, you have to set the @code{specifications} field of the
+configuration. Here is an example of a service that polls the Guix repository
+and builds the packages from a manifest. Some of the packages are defined in
+the @code{"custom-packages"} input, which is the equivalent of
+@code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}.
+
+@example
+(define %cuirass-specs
+ #~(list
+ '((#:name . "my-manifest")
+ (#:load-path-inputs . ("guix"))
+ (#:package-path-inputs . ("custom-packages"))
+ (#:proc-input . "guix")
+ (#:proc-file . "build-aux/cuirass/gnu-system.scm")
+ (#:proc . cuirass-jobs)
+ (#:proc-args . ((subset . "manifests")
+ (systems . ("x86_64-linux"))
+ (manifests . (("config" . "guix/manifest.scm")))))
+ (#:inputs . (((#:name . "guix")
+ (#:url . "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git")
+ (#:load-path . ".")
+ (#:branch . "master")
+ (#:no-compile? . #t))
+ ((#:name . "config")
+ (#:url . "git://git.example.org/config.git")
+ (#:load-path . ".")
+ (#:branch . "master")
+ (#:no-compile? . #t))
+ ((#:name . "custom-packages")
+ (#:url . "git://git.example.org/custom-packages.git")
+ (#:load-path . ".")
+ (#:branch . "master")
+ (#:no-compile? . #t)))))))
+
+(service cuirass-service-type
+ (cuirass-configuration
+ (specifications %cuirass-specs)))
@end example
While information related to build jobs is located directly in the
@@ -18208,7 +18228,7 @@ Owner's group of the @code{cuirass} process.
Number of seconds between the poll of the repositories followed by the
Cuirass jobs.
-@item @code{database} (default: @code{"/var/run/cuirass/cuirass.db"})
+@item @code{database} (default: @code{"/var/lib/cuirass/cuirass.db"})
Location of sqlite database which contains the build results and previously
added specifications.