From 08fa76131e71dc12f5d669480d74e9183008d71a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:49:22 +0200 Subject: install: Turn off deduplication for the binary tarball. * gnu/build/install.scm (register-closure): Add #:deduplicate? parameter and honor it. (populate-single-profile-directory): Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Pass #:deduplicate? #f. Invoke tar with --check-links. --- gnu/system/install.scm | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'gnu/system') diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm index e8a36b3def..6f4116ef9b 100644 --- a/gnu/system/install.scm +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm @@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed." (setenv "PATH" (string-append #$guix "/sbin:" #$tar "/bin:" #$xz "/bin")) + ;; Note: there is not much to gain here with deduplication and there + ;; is the overhead of the '.links' directory, so turn it off. (populate-single-profile-directory %root #:profile #$profile - #:closure "profile") + #:closure "profile" + #:deduplicate? #f) ;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name ;; length limitation. (with-directory-excursion %root (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu" "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0" + "--check-links" "-cvf" #$output ;; Avoid adding / and /var to the tarball, ;; so that the ownership and permissions of those -- cgit 1.4.1