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authorAndreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>2016-02-13 20:11:14 +0100
committerAndreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>2016-02-16 16:37:37 +0100
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doc: Add footnote on Guile-JSON.
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix import"): Add a footnote to the CPAN importer on the need for Guile-JSON.
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@@ -4321,7 +4321,9 @@ guix import gem rails
@item cpan
@cindex CPAN
-Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}.
+Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}@footnote{This
+functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed.
+@xref{Requirements}.}.
Information is taken from the JSON-formatted metadata provided through
@uref{https://api.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most
relevant information, such as module dependencies. License information