GNU bug report logs - #31592
Add Singularity and squashfs image support to guix pack.

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Message #23 received at 31592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de>
Cc: 31592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#31592] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add singularity.
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 14:52:19 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (singularity): New variable.

[...]

> +    (propagated-inputs
> +     `(("squashfs-tools" ,squashfs-tools)))

Could we patch the code that invokes mksquashfs to use an absolute file
name?  That way we wouldn’t need to propagate it.

> +    (home-page "https://singularity.lbl.gov/")
> +    (synopsis "Container platform")
> +    (description "Singularity is a container platform supporting a number of
> +container image formats.")

Would be nice to expound a little bit, like mentioning that it can
be used to build images, to run code from Docker images, etc.

Thanks!  :-)

Ludo’.

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