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authorJakob L. Kreuze <zerodaysfordays@sdf.lonestar.org>2019-08-09 14:24:57 -0400
committerChristopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>2019-08-14 15:38:09 -0400
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remote: Build derivations appropriate for the remote's
* gnu/machine/ssh.scm (machine-ssh-configuration): Add 'system' field.
(managed-host-remote-eval): Pass 'system' field to 'remote-eval'.
(machine-check-building-for-appropriate-system): New variable.
(check-deployment-sanity): Add call to
'machine-check-building-for-appropriate-system'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Describe new 'system' field.
* guix/ssh.scm (remote-system): New variable.
* guix/remote.scm (remote-eval): Use result of 'remote-system' when
lowering the G-Expression.
(remote-eval): Add 'system' keyword argument.
(trampoline): Return a <program-file> rather than a <scheme-file>.
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@@ -25573,6 +25573,9 @@ with an @code{environment} of @code{managed-host-environment-type}.
 
 @table @asis
 @item @code{host-name}
+@item @code{system}
+The Nix system type describing the architecture of the machine being deployed
+to. This should look something like ``x86_64-linux''.
 @item @code{port} (default: @code{22})
 @item @code{user} (default: @code{"root"})
 @item @code{identity} (default: @code{#f})