bug#33286: closed (Add 'list-formats' to 'guix pack')

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Add 'list-formats' to 'guix pack' Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:53:16 +0200 User-agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13)

I was looking at the help menu for 'guix pack' and I realized that I
didn't know what formats were available and there wasn't a flag to show
them.

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> Re: bug#33286: Add 'list-formats' to 'guix pack'
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> Hello,
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> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
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> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 04:31:59PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> Hello,
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> >> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
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> >> > From af9a132a662f1d703df1c32278a45d2adca146ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> > From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
> >> > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:50:48 +0200
> >> > Subject: [PATCH] pack: List the available formats.
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> >> > * guix/scripts/pack.scm (show-formats): New variable.
> >> > (%options, show-help): Add 'list-formats' option.
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> >> [...]
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> >> > @@ -551,6 +552,18 @@ please email '~a'~%")
> >> >      (squashfs . ,squashfs-image)
> >> >      (docker  . ,docker-image)))
> >> >  
> >> > +(define (show-formats)
> >> > +  ;; Print the supported pack formats.
> >> > +  (display (G_ "The supported formats for 'guix pack' are:"))
> >> > +  (newline)
> >> > +  (display (G_ "
> >> > +  tarball       A self-contained tarball, ready to run on another 
> >> > machine."))
> >> > +  (display (G_ "
> >> > +  squashfs      A squashfs image, ready for 'cluster engines' and the 
> >> > like."))
> >> 
> >> I’d write “Squashfs image suitable for Singularity” and remove “A” from
> >> each.
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> >> Also, since we have the ‘%formats’ alist right above, what about
> >> adjusting it so that it contains each format description, and then
> >> ‘show-formats’ would just traverse it?
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> > I do like the idea, but I haven't been able to get it to work. In the
> > mean time I've committed this as db08ea40873ae20507bc40d34a56dea1b8ce8f0e
> > so we at least get the benefits of having it here.
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> Closing.
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> Thank you!
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> Maxim
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