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02/07: doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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02/07: doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co. |
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Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:29:40 -0500 (EST) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 9d4399b805b461b9b607ac932061146807e6953c
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Mon Jan 15 14:44:55 2018 +0100
doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Add xrefs to "guix publish", "guix
copy", and "guix archive".
(Invoking guix archive): Add xref to "guix pack".
---
doc/guix.texi | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index e32e032..59c354b 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2659,6 +2659,12 @@ lucky enough to be using Guix. You'd tell them to run
@command{guix
package -i @var{something}}, but that's not possible in this case. This
is where @command{guix pack} comes in.
address@hidden Note
+If you are looking for ways to exchange binaries among machines that
+already run Guix, @pxref{Invoking guix copy}, @ref{Invoking guix
+publish}, and @ref{Invoking guix archive}.
address@hidden quotation
+
@cindex pack
@cindex bundle
@cindex application bundle
@@ -2794,10 +2800,16 @@ options (@pxref{Package Transformation Options}).
@cindex @command{guix archive}
@cindex archive
The @command{guix archive} command allows users to @dfn{export} files
-from the store into a single archive, and to later @dfn{import} them.
+from the store into a single archive, and to later @dfn{import} them on
+a machine that runs Guix.
In particular, it allows store files to be transferred from one machine
to the store on another machine.
address@hidden Note
+If you're looking for a way to produce archives in a formatq suitable for
+tools other than Guix, @pxref{Invoking guix pack}.
address@hidden quotation
+
@cindex exporting store items
To export store files as an archive to standard output, run:
- branch master updated (b640370 -> c181636), Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 01/07: offload: Look at machine loads for the past minute., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 03/07: ui: Disable '%fresh-auto-compile' only for Guile 2.2.3., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 07/07: services: bitlbee: Add test., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 02/07: doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co.,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- 06/07: doc: Deprecate 'bitlbee-service' procedure., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 04/07: linux-container: Work around EBADF errors upon exit., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15
- 05/07: services: bitlbee: Move to (gnu services messaging)., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/01/15