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Using Guix archive (Help!)
From: |
Pjotr Prins |
Subject: |
Using Guix archive (Help!) |
Date: |
Wed, 3 Jan 2018 12:08:36 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Hi,
I am trying to send a NAR archive to Fred. We are facing a few issues.
First I created the archive
env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=../guix-bioinformatics/ ./pre-inst-env guix archive
--export -r --no-grafts genenetwork2 > gn2.nar
and Fred installed the key and unpacked it. Unfortunately it does not
contain package dependencies, such as mysql:
https://gitlab.com/genenetwork/guix-bioinformatics/blob/master/gn/packages/genenetwork.scm#L194
somehow propagated-inputs don't go into the archive. You'd think they are
critical
dependencies.
Q1: is that to be expected?
NAR files are signed. I think it would be very useful to be able to
distribute unsigned NAR files.
Q2: can signing/checking be made optional?
I can't view the contents.
Q3: how do we view the contents of a NAR file without unpacking it?
and
Q4: is there a nice way to include a profile path in the store that
can be used quickly?
The alternative is tarballing an environment/container, but the
problem there is that Fred's Guix daemon won't be aware of the new
packages. We want to avoid using Docker.
Q5: is there an elegant way to add those unpacked store items to the
database?
Thanks! I tried using NAR Files before and gave up. I hope it is clear
why.
Pj.