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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-08-03 00:14:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-08-03 00:35:59 +0200 |
| commit | ec5495ba3f06655252959aebe9d9d273387c6125 (patch) | |
| tree | c814766481b967388929cb84fca835f11b0cf41e /doc | |
| parent | edd08fb7ac86afe1886f348001bbf088e48a8741 (diff) | |
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doc: 'patches' field of <origin> can list file-like objects.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/27165>.
Reported by sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): 'patches' can contain file-like
objects.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 0ea677387b..2bb820b46c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3290,7 +3290,8 @@ used. For version control checkouts, it is recommended to provide the file name explicitly because the default is not very descriptive. @item @code{patches} (default: @code{'()}) -A list of file names containing patches to be applied to the source. +A list of file names, origins, or file-like objects (@pxref{G-Expressions, +file-like objects}) pointing to patches to be applied to the source. This list of patches must be unconditional. In particular, it cannot depend on the value of @code{%current-system} or |