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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-14 22:37:24 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-14 22:55:59 +0200
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guix build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable. (read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'. * guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for 'gexp?'. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'. guxi build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'. * guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable. (read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'. * guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for 'gexp?'. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
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@@ -2244,7 +2244,11 @@ For example, @var{expr} may be @code{(@@ (gnu packages guile)
guile-1.8)}, which unambiguously designates this specific variant of
version 1.8 of Guile.
-Alternately, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure
+Alternately, @var{expr} may be a G-expression, in which case it is used
+as a build program passed to @code{gexp->derivation}
+(@pxref{G-Expressions}).
+
+Lastly, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure
(@pxref{The Store Monad}). The procedure must return a derivation as a
monadic value, which is then passed through @code{run-with-store}.