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[PATCH 0/5] Add support for the RPM format to "guix pack"

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: 61255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, ludo <at> gnu.org, Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauermann <at> kolabnow.com>
Subject: [bug#61255] [PATCH v2 8/8] news: Add entry for the new 'rpm' guix pack format.
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:49:37 +0100

* etc/news.scm: Add entry.

---

Changes in v2:
- New commit

 etc/news.scm | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm
index 211a176170..1eefdd1636 100644
--- a/etc/news.scm
+++ b/etc/news.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;; Copyright © 2020, 2022 Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
 ;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
-;; Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2022 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
+;; Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2021 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
 ;; Copyright © 2021 Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2021 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@
 (channel-news
  (version 0)
 
+ (entry (commit "63622d2a234b707be5df07d8290a81b3247947e7")
+        (title
+         (en "New @samp{rpm} format for the @command{guix pack} command"))
+        (body
+         (en "RPM archives (with the .rpm file extension) can now be produced
+via the @command{guix pack --format=rpm} command, providing an alternative
+distribution path for software built with Guix.  Here is a simple example that
+generates an RPM archive for the @code{hello} package:
+
+@example
+guix pack --format=rpm --symlink=/usr/bin/hello=bin/hello hello
+@end example
+
+See @command{info \"(guix) Invoking guix pack\"} for more information.")))
+
  (entry (commit "137b91f03bbb7f1df71cf10c4f79ae57fbcea400")
         (title
          (en "New @option{--with-version} package transformation option")
-- 
2.39.1

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