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new 364db4f doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.
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commit 364db4fdf664d7987693a6935b76f34258041865
Author: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 19 10:44:27 2020 +0200
doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Move to the end of the table, and add
a
note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.
---
doc/guix.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index e39e4eb..8681645 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6028,11 +6028,6 @@ This produces a SquashFS image containing all the
specified binaries and
symlinks, as well as empty mount points for virtual file systems like
procfs.
-@item deb
-This produces a Debian archive (a package with the @samp{.deb} file
-extension) containing all the specified binaries and symbolic links,
-that can be installed on top of any dpkg-based GNU/Linux distribution.
-
@quotation Note
Singularity @emph{requires} you to provide @file{/bin/sh} in the image.
For that reason, @command{guix pack -f squashfs} always implies @code{-S
@@ -6047,6 +6042,27 @@ If you forget the @code{bash} (or similar) package,
@command{singularity
run} and @command{singularity exec} will fail with an unhelpful ``no
such file or directory'' message.
@end quotation
+
+@item deb
+This produces a Debian archive (a package with the @samp{.deb} file
+extension) containing all the specified binaries and symbolic links,
+that can be installed on top of any dpkg-based GNU(/Linux) distribution.
+
+@quotation Note
+Because archives produced with @command{guix pack} contain a collection
+of store items and because each @command{dpkg} package must not have
+conflicting files, in practice that means you likely won't be able to
+install more than one such archive on a given system.
+@end quotation
+
+@quotation Warning
+@command{dpkg} will assume ownership of any files contained in the pack
+that it does @emph{not} know about. It is unwise to install
+Guix-produced @samp{.deb} files on a system where @file{/gnu/store} is
+shared by other software, such as a Guix installation or other, non-deb
+packs.
+@end quotation
+
@end table
@cindex relocatable binaries
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