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authorCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2014-07-17 02:36:09 +0200
committerCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2014-07-21 22:18:03 +0200
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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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@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