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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 5eee40fc3c..6ff3e44d8c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2856,6 +2856,22 @@ command. See the @uref{https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/load/, Docker documentation} for more information. +@cindex Singularity, build an image with guix pack +@cindex SquashFS, build an image with guix pack +Yet another option is to produce a SquashFS image with the following +command: + +@example +guix pack -f squashfs guile emacs geiser +@end example + +@noindent +The result is a SquashFS file system image that can either be mounted or +directly be used as a file system container image with the +@uref{http://singularity.lbl.gov, Singularity container execution +environment}, using commands like @command{singularity shell} or +@command{singularity exec}. + Several command-line options allow you to customize your pack: @table @code @@ -2874,6 +2890,11 @@ specified binaries and symlinks. This produces a tarball that follows the @uref{https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md, Docker Image Specification}. + +@item squashfs +This produces a SquashFS image containing all the specified binaries and +symlinks, as well as empty mount points for virtual file systems like +procfs. @end table @item --relocatable |