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15/155: doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive".
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John Darrington |
Subject: |
15/155: doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive". |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:48:30 +0000 (UTC) |
jmd pushed a commit to branch wip-installer
in repository guix.
commit 83742277ea8d5798f84ccf1f852408d3011b2e30
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 15 22:46:09 2016 +0100
doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive".
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Mention "normalized archive"
and add index entries.
---
doc/guix.texi | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 46ed451..bd782ca 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2403,10 +2403,12 @@ profile as well as all of their dependencies are
transferred (due to
target machine. The @code{--missing} option can help figure out which
items are missing from the target store.
-Archives are stored in the ``Nix archive'' or ``Nar'' format, which is
-comparable in spirit to `tar', but with a few noteworthy differences
address@hidden nar, archive format
address@hidden normalized archive (nar)
+Archives are stored in the ``normalized archive'' or ``nar'' format, which is
+comparable in spirit to `tar', but with differences
that make it more appropriate for our purposes. First, rather than
-recording all Unix metadata for each file, the Nar format only mentions
+recording all Unix metadata for each file, the nar format only mentions
the file type (regular, directory, or symbolic link); Unix permissions
and owner/group are dismissed. Second, the order in which directory
entries are stored always follows the order of file names according to
- 21/155: profiles: Build profiles in a UTF-8 locale., (continued)
- 21/155: profiles: Build profiles in a UTF-8 locale., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 09/155: installer: Use a record instead of a list to contain tasks., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 13/155: installer: Use call-with-temporary-output-file., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 29/155: gnu: Add fatfsck-static., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 24/155: build: assert-no-store-file-names: Ignore ChangeLog., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 18/155: install: Add dosfstools., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 23/155: gnu: libupnp: Fix CVE-2016-8863., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 25/155: gnu: acme-client: Provide path to certificates., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 34/155: import cran: Do not use "or later" licenses by default., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 36/155: import cran: Handle BSD licenses with LICENSE file., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 15/155: doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive".,
John Darrington <=
- 14/155: Revert "gnu: kmod: Update to 23.", John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 22/155: gnu: Add Greek Aspell dictionary, John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 12/155: installer: Add gurses modules., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 35/155: import cran: Translate MIT to the Expat license., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 27/155: gnu: Add emacs-bui., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 47/155: gnu: sane-backends: Disable backend generation., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 17/155: gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 10/155: installer: Perform a task's dependencies prior to the task itself., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 28/155: gnu: Add emacs-guix., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 30/155: gnu: star: Update to 2.5.2b., John Darrington, 2016/12/21