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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-08-03 00:14:53 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-08-03 00:35:59 +0200
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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.
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@@ -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