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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3382ac414e..45d171c52d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2435,6 +2435,22 @@ guix pack -S /opt/gnu/bin=bin guile emacs geiser @noindent That way, users can happily type @file{/opt/gnu/bin/guile} and enjoy. +Alternatively, you can produce a pack in the Docker image format, as +described in +@uref{https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md, +version 1.2 of the specification}. This is what the following command +does: + +@example +guix pack -f docker guile emacs geiser +@end example + +@noindent +The result is a tarball that can be passed to the @command{docker load} +command. See the +@uref{https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/load/, Docker +documentation} for more information. + Several command-line options allow you to customize your pack: @table @code @@ -2537,7 +2553,7 @@ what you should use in this case (@pxref{Invoking guix copy}). @cindex nar, archive format @cindex normalized archive (nar) -By default archives are stored in the ``normalized archive'' or ``nar'' format, which is +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 @@ -2553,9 +2569,6 @@ verifies the signature and rejects the import in case of an invalid signature or if the signing key is not authorized. @c FIXME: Add xref to daemon doc about signatures. -Optionally, archives can be exported as a Docker image in the tar -archive format using @code{--format=docker}. - The main options are: @table @code @@ -2584,19 +2597,6 @@ Read a list of store file names from the standard input, one per line, and write on the standard output the subset of these files missing from the store. -@item -f -@item --format=@var{FMT} -@cindex docker, export -@cindex export format -Specify the export format. Acceptable arguments are @code{nar} and -@code{docker}. The default is the nar format. When the format is -@code{docker}, recursively export the specified store directory as a -Docker image in tar archive format, as specified in -@uref{https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md, -version 1.2.0 of the Docker Image Specification}. Using -@code{--format=docker} implies @code{--recursive}. The generated -archive can be loaded by Docker using @command{docker load}. - @item --generate-key[=@var{parameters}] @cindex signing, archives Generate a new key pair for the daemon. This is a prerequisite before |