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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2015-01-11 09:38:49 -0500
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2015-01-11 09:38:49 -0500
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@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ interest primarily for developers and not for casual users.
@item
Installing @uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS-Guile} will
allow you to access @code{https} URLs with the @command{guix download}
-command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}) and the @command{guix import
-pypi} command. This is primarily of interest to developers.
-@xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,,
-gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}.
+command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}), the @command{guix import pypi}
+command, and the @command{guix import cpan} command. This is primarily
+of interest to developers. @xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the
+GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}.
@end itemize
Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the
@@ -2957,6 +2957,22 @@ package:
guix import pypi itsdangerous
@end example
+@item cpan
+@cindex CPAN
+Import meta-data from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}.
+Information is taken from the JSON-formatted meta-data provided through
+@uref{https://api.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most
+relevant information. License information should be checked closely.
+Package dependencies are included but may in some cases needlessly
+include core Perl modules.
+
+The command command below imports meta-data for the @code{Acme::Boolean}
+Perl module:
+
+@example
+guix import cpan Acme::Boolean
+@end example
+
@item nix
Import meta-data from a local copy of the source of the
@uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This