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[PATCH 0/2] Add Docker layered image for pack and system

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Message #47 received at 62153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 62153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#62153] [PATCH 1/2] guix: docker: Build layered image.
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:15:49 +0100

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>> Instead of Python, would it possible to implement in Guile?  I mean,
>>> does Python have something that is missing in Guile?
>>>
>>> The facility for manipulating Tar?  Something else?
>>
>> I think nothing else.  As I understand Python implemented Tar inside the
>> language itself in 2500 lines of code by manipulating binary data.
>>
>>     /gnu/store/...-python-3.9.9/lib/python3.9/tarfile.py
>>
>> Technically it's probably possible to use tar utility with --append flag
>> instead of opening a new file and streaming to it as the Python script
>> does.  To be honest I would like not to write it in this way if the
>> Python script does not block current patch for merge.
>
> Ok, thanks for explaining.
>
>> Also I don't see myself writing Tar implementation in Guile, yet.  ;-)
>
> Maybe not reimplementing Tar in Guile, maybe just enough for working.
> Or maybe some Guile bindings.  Or maybe something is already around for
> the bootstrap story.

gash-utils has (gash ustar); it’s about 620 lines of code.

-- 
Ricardo

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