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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f4cc207e7b..86fc86da61 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz ... which, in turn, runs: @example -guix pack -s @var{system} guix +guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir guix @end example @xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool. @@ -2434,6 +2434,19 @@ the system type of the build host. @itemx -C @var{tool} Compress the resulting tarball using @var{tool}---one of @code{gzip}, @code{bzip2}, @code{xz}, or @code{lzip}. + +@item --localstatedir +Include the ``local state directory'', @file{/var/guix}, in the +resulting pack. + +@file{/var/guix} contains the store database (@pxref{The Store}) as well +as garbage-collector roots (@pxref{Invoking guix gc}). Providing it in +the pack means that the store is ``complete'' and manageable by Guix; +not providing it pack means that the store is ``dead'': items cannot be +added to it or removed from it after extraction of the pack. + +One use case for this is the Guix self-contained binary tarball +(@pxref{Binary Installation}). @end table In addition, @command{guix pack} supports all the common build options |