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| author | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2015-08-09 11:35:51 -0400 |
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| committer | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2015-08-19 22:23:59 -0400 |
| commit | 0d2794005caa627965fd6256f28f94e36cd4b5a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 065eb643a5a59653faa90206dc07d12996ebbb6d /doc | |
| parent | 83bde59fb3db5827002a0049a5571e4163af5ff1 (diff) | |
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scripts: package: Add --install-from-file option.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (show-help): Add help text for --install-from-file
option.
(%options): Add --install-from-file option.
* tests/guix-package.sh: Test it.
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix package"): Document it.
* doc/package-hello.scm: New file.
* doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/package-hello.scm | 18 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2b61574c84..7c063bf359 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1167,6 +1167,22 @@ Note that this option installs the first output of the specified package, which may be insufficient when needing a specific output of a multiple-output package. +@item --install-from-file=@var{file} +@itemx -f @var{file} +Install the package that the code within @var{file} evaluates to. + +As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this +(@pxref{Defining Packages}): + +@example +@verbatiminclude package-hello.scm +@end example + +Developers may find it useful to include such a @file{package.scm} file +in the root of their project's source tree that can be used to test +development snapshots and create reproducible development environments +(@pxref{Invoking guix environment}). + @item --remove=@var{package} @dots{} @itemx -r @var{package} @dots{} Remove the specified @var{package}s. diff --git a/doc/package-hello.scm b/doc/package-hello.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3fcd4ff73 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/package-hello.scm @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +(use-modules (guix) + (guix build-system gnu) + (guix licenses)) + +(package + (name "hello") + (version "2.8") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-" version + ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 "0wqd8sjmxfskrflaxywc7gqw7sfawrfvdxd9skxawzfgyy0pzdz6")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package") + (description "Guess what GNU Hello prints!") + (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/") + (license gpl3+)) |