From b1b41a23f4e48e35bafe282029190bba32cb7218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Wed, 5 May 2021 15:18:05 -0400 Subject: build: Do not compress the (already compressed) VM qcow2 images. The qcow2 format supports compression, and the qcow2 type supported by 'guix system image' produces compressed qcow2 images. * Makefile.am (release): Do not re-compress the qcow2 VM images with xz. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Adjust VM image URL. --- Makefile.am | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Makefile.am') diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index c6028c586a..d06e1779ca 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -900,9 +900,7 @@ release: dist-with-updated-version all echo "failed to produced Guix VM image for $$system" >&2 ; \ exit 1 ; \ fi ; \ - xz < "$$image" > "$(releasedir)/$(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_BASE).$$system.qcow2.xz.tmp" ; \ - mv "$(releasedir)/$(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_BASE).$$system.qcow2.xz.tmp" \ - "$(releasedir)/$(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_BASE).$$system.qcow2.xz" ; \ + cp "$$image" "$(releasedir)/$(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_BASE).$$system.qcow2"; \ done @echo @echo "Congratulations! All the release files are now in $(releasedir)." -- cgit v1.2.3