Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I’m not familiar enough with Docker but I’m under the impression that we
>> should be able to generate an image without even using Docker.  :-)
>
> The attached patch adds a Docker export feature, so you can do this:
>
>     docker load < \
>       $(guix archive --export-docker-image=$(readlink -f ~/.guix-profile))
>
> [...]
>
> I used it successfully to build an Emacs Docker image like this:
>
>     guix environment --ad-hoc coreutils bash emacs-no-x-toolkit
>     docker load < $(guix archive --export-docker-image=$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT)

Wow!  That's pretty cool.  If it's this easy to make a Docker image, I'm
sure it'll be a good incentive for Docker users to try out Guix!

What happens if I invoke this command while GC is trying to delete the
specified path?

> +;; See https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/config.md
> +(define (config layer time)
> +  "Generate a minimal image configuratio for the given LAYER file."

Minor typo.

-- 
Chris