Subject: bug#30410: closed (Re: [bug#30410] [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document the --manifest option for guix pack.)

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:25:02 +0000

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#30410: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document the --manifest option for guix pack.

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Subject: Re: [bug#30410] [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document the --manifest option for guix pack.
From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Konrad Hinsen <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:24:00 +0100
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Konrad Hinsen <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document --manifest.

I’ve squashed this one with the patch that adds the code, so the commit
is self-contained.

> +@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.

On second thought, I wonder if we should allow both -m and a list of
packages.  After all, ‘guix package’ supports it, and it doesn’t cost us
anything.  WDYT?

Thanks!

Ludo’.

Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document the --manifest option for guix pack.
From: Konrad Hinsen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:35:41 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document --manifest.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 13187f2e8..f64f95929 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
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