On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 12:14:23 +0200 zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 23:14, Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > - A way to generate a manifest from the command line. > > Do you mean add: > - either an option to `guix package` as `--format=FORMAT` with FORMAT > is json, recutils etc. (see `guix describe --format`) > - either the `guix describe` format to extend it to output packages > too ? > > Cheers, > simon I meant a command that accepts the names of packages and outputs a manifest file that could be used with any of the commands that accepts the "--manifest=" option. When I wrote that, I thought the only way to easily make a manifest file with the packages I want was to generate it. I have since read the docuentation again and now understand that is not the case.
