From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTr4-0007LF-Du for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:02:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTr1-0007Km-RA for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:02:06 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTr1-0007Ka-NE for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:02:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTr1-0006yr-Ej for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:02:03 -0500 Subject: [bug#30410] [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document the --manifest option for guix pack. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTqh-00074V-16 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:01:44 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTqd-00073H-Nc for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:01:43 -0500 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:35123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekTqd-00072Z-GZ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:01:39 -0500 From: Konrad Hinsen Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:35:41 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 30410@debbugs.gnu.org * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document --manifest. --- doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 13187f2e8..f64f95929 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2841,6 +2841,19 @@ This has the same purpose as the same-named option in @command{guix build} (@pxref{Additional Build Options, @code{--expression} in @command{guix build}}). +@item --manifest=@var{file} +@itemx -m @var{file} +Use the packages contained in the manifest object +returned by the Scheme code in @var{file}. + +This has a similar purpose as the same-named option in @command{guix +package} (@pxref{profile-manifest, @option{--manifest}}) and uses the +same manifest files. It allows you to define a collection of packages +once and use it both for creating profiles and for creating archives +for use on machines that do not have Guix installed. Note that you can +specify @emph{either} a manifest file @emph{or} a list of packages, +but not both. + @item --system=@var{system} @itemx -s @var{system} Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of -- 2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)