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[PATCH 0/7] Add "guix system docker-image" command

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Message #152 received at 30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>,
 bug#30572 <30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#30572] [PATCH 1/7] gnu: bootstrap: Add trivial packages for
 bash, mkdir, tar, and xz.
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:58:58 +0100

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (bootstrap-binary): New procedure.
>   (%bootstrap-bash, %bootstrap-mkdir, %bootstrap-tar, %bootstrap-xz):
>   Use it to create these new packages, and export them.

For ‘guix pack --bootstrap’, I believe we could avoid defining these
packages and simply use ‘%bootstrap-coreutils&co’ when ‘--bootstrap’ is
used.

Would that work for you?

I’m asking because we may not keep these 4 binaries around forever.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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