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authorChris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>2017-04-03 23:49:22 -0700
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-04-06 10:24:32 +0200
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system: Support the --root option in 'guix system'.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/26271>.

* guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Add #:gc-root parameter and
honor it.
(show-help): Document the --root option.
(%options): Add 'root'.
(process-action): Pass 'root' option to perform-action as #:gc-root.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document '--root'.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -15238,6 +15238,11 @@ of the given @var{size}.  @var{size} may be a number of bytes, or it may
 include a unit as a suffix (@pxref{Block size, size specifications,,
 coreutils, GNU Coreutils}).
 
+@item --root=@var{file}
+@itemx -r @var{file}
+Make @var{file} a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage
+collector root.
+
 @item --on-error=@var{strategy}
 Apply @var{strategy} when an error occurs when reading @var{file}.
 @var{strategy} may be one of the following: