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author | Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> | 2014-07-17 02:36:09 +0200 |
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committer | Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> | 2014-07-21 22:18:03 +0200 |
commit | 2aa6efb0b9952595853c05294450b4254f64521e (patch) | |
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guix package: add a "show" option.
* doc/guix.texi: Update the documentation.
* guix/scripts/package.scm: Add a "show" option.
* tests/guix-package.sh: Add a test for the "show" option.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d30142fcbe..ab9a533047 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -844,6 +844,30 @@ name: gmp @dots{} @end example +@item --show=@var{package} +Show details about @var{package}, taken from the list of available packages, in +@code{recutils} format (@pxref{Top, GNU recutils databases,, recutils, GNU +recutils manual}). + +@example +$ guix package --show=python | recsel -p name,version +name: python +version: 2.7.6 + +name: python +version: 3.3.5 +@end example + +You may also specify the full name of a package to only get details about a +specific version of it: +@example +$ guix package --show=python-3.3.5 | recsel -p name,version +name: python +version: 3.3.5 +@end example + + + @item --list-installed[=@var{regexp}] @itemx -I [@var{regexp}] List the currently installed packages in the specified profile, with the |