install: Add a procedure to build a self-contained binary tarball.

Suggested by Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-04/msg00229.html>.

* gnu/build/install.scm (populate-single-profile-directory): New procedure.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): New procedure.
* Makefile.am (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): New target.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-04-14 23:19:01 +02:00
parent a84e523c4a
commit 9d3fb6c767
3 changed files with 87 additions and 2 deletions

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#:use-module (guix store)
#:use-module (guix monads)
#:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix))
#:use-module (guix profiles)
#:use-module (gnu packages admin)
#:use-module (gnu packages linux)
#:use-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages grub)
#:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
#:use-module (gnu packages compression)
#:export (installation-os))
#:export (self-contained-tarball
installation-os))
;;; Commentary:
;;;
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;;;
;;; Code:
(define* (self-contained-tarball #:key (guix guix))
"Return a self-contained tarball containing a store initialized with the
closure of GUIX. The tarball contains /gnu/store, /var/guix, and a profile
under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
(mlet %store-monad ((profile (profile-derivation
(manifest
(list (package->manifest-entry guix))))))
(define build
#~(begin
(use-modules (guix build utils)
(gnu build install))
(define %root "root")
(setenv "PATH"
(string-append #$guix "/sbin:" #$tar "/bin:" #$xz "/bin"))
(populate-single-profile-directory %root
#:profile #$profile
#:closure "profile")
;; Create the tarball. Use GNU format so there's no file name
;; length limitation.
(with-directory-excursion %root
(zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
"-cvf" #$output ".")))))
(gexp->derivation "guix-tarball.tar.xz" build
#:references-graphs `(("profile" ,profile))
#:modules '((guix build utils)
(guix build store-copy)
(gnu build install)))))
(define (log-to-info)
"Return a script that spawns the Info reader on the right section of the
manual."