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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 46ed451d6b..bd782cab03 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2403,10 +2403,12 @@ profile as well as all of their dependencies are transferred (due to target machine. The @code{--missing} option can help figure out which items are missing from the target store. -Archives are stored in the ``Nix archive'' or ``Nar'' format, which is -comparable in spirit to `tar', but with a few noteworthy differences +@cindex nar, archive format +@cindex normalized archive (nar) +Archives are stored in the ``normalized archive'' or ``nar'' format, which is +comparable in spirit to `tar', but with differences that make it more appropriate for our purposes. First, rather than -recording all Unix metadata for each file, the Nar format only mentions +recording all Unix metadata for each file, the nar format only mentions the file type (regular, directory, or symbolic link); Unix permissions and owner/group are dismissed. Second, the order in which directory entries are stored always follows the order of file names according to |