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

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Message #17 received at 30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
To: 30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] docker: Allow the use of a custom temporary directory.
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:35:25 +0100

* guix/docker.scm: (build-docker-image): Add #:tmpdir keyword argument.
---
 guix/docker.scm | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/docker.scm b/guix/docker.scm
index 060232148..693b4426f 100644
--- a/guix/docker.scm
+++ b/guix/docker.scm
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ return \"a\"."
                              #:key closure compressor
                              (symlinks '())
                              (system (utsname:machine (uname)))
-                             (creation-time (current-time time-utc)))
+                             (creation-time (current-time time-utc))
+                             (tmpdir "/tmp"))
   "Write to IMAGE a Docker image archive from the given store PATH.  The image
 contains the closure of PATH, as specified in CLOSURE (a file produced by
 #:references-graphs).  SYMLINKS must be a list of (SOURCE -> TARGET) tuples
@@ -115,8 +116,13 @@ to PATH.  SYSTEM is a GNU triplet (or prefix thereof) of the system the
 binaries at PATH are for; it is used to produce metadata in the image.
 
 Use COMPRESSOR, a command such as '(\"gzip\" \"-9n\"), to compress IMAGE.  Use
-CREATION-TIME, a SRFI-19 time-utc object, as the creation time in metadata."
-  (let ((directory "/tmp/docker-image")           ;temporary working directory
+CREATION-TIME, a SRFI-19 time-utc object, as the creation time in metadata.
+
+TMPDIR is the name of the temporary working directory to use.  This can be
+useful if you need to use a specific temporary directory, for example because
+the default temporary directory lies on a file system with insufficient
+space."
+  (let ((directory (string-append tmpdir "/docker-image")) ;temporary working directory
         (closure (canonicalize-path closure))
         (id (docker-id path))
         (time (date->string (time-utc->date creation-time) "~4"))
-- 
2.15.1

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