summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/doc/guix.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-06-15 10:21:50 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-06-29 14:53:21 -0400
commit82daab42811a2e3c7684ebdf12af75ff0fa67b99 (patch)
treeef4bad3e82d6d13dc8d37daa30af883a95659520 /doc/guix.texi
parent8108c266dc2fbc70602b2aa5c6887bf17bed16e8 (diff)
downloadguix-82daab42811a2e3c7684ebdf12af75ff0fa67b99.tar.gz
pack: Add support for the deb format.
* .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode)[gexp->derivation]: Define indentation rule.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (debian-archive): New procedure.
(%formats): Register the new deb format.
(show-formats): Add it to the usage string.
* tests/pack.scm (%ar-bootstrap): New variable.
(deb archive with symlinks): New test.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
* NEWS: Add news entry.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 37936bb0f3..e0668b1f5f 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6028,6 +6028,11 @@ This produces a SquashFS image containing all the specified binaries and
 symlinks, as well as empty mount points for virtual file systems like
 procfs.
 
+@item deb
+This produces a Debian archive (a package with the @samp{.deb} file
+extension) containing all the specified binaries and symbolic links,
+that can be installed on top of any dpkg-based GNU/Linux distribution.
+
 @quotation Note
 Singularity @emph{requires} you to provide @file{/bin/sh} in the image.
 For that reason, @command{guix pack -f squashfs} always implies @code{-S