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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi4
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/edit.scm10
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a05ea17cda..87ad1212bf 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -8706,6 +8706,10 @@ have created your own packages on @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
recipes. In other cases, you will be able to examine the read-only recipes
for packages currently in the store.
+Instead of @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}, the command-line option
+@code{--load-path=@var{directory}} (or in short @code{-L
+@var{directory}}) allows you to add @var{directory} to the front of the
+package module search path and so make your own packages visible.
@node Invoking guix download
@section Invoking @command{guix download}
diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
index da3d2775e8..a6fd1d2751 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
(define-module (guix scripts edit)
#:use-module (guix ui)
#:use-module (guix scripts)
+ #:use-module ((guix scripts build) #:select (%standard-build-options))
#:use-module (guix utils)
#:use-module (gnu packages)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
@@ -28,7 +30,10 @@
guix-edit))
(define %options
- (list (option '(#\h "help") #f #f
+ (list (find (lambda (option)
+ (member "load-path" (option-names option)))
+ %standard-build-options)
+ (option '(#\h "help") #f #f
(lambda args
(show-help)
(exit 0)))
@@ -41,6 +46,9 @@
Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n"))
(newline)
(display (G_ "
+ -L, --load-path=DIR prepend DIR to the package module search path"))
+ (newline)
+ (display (G_ "
-h, --help display this help and exit"))
(display (G_ "
-V, --version display version information and exit"))