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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 896a8c8496..09a860a64f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1347,6 +1347,20 @@ meaning that the returned environment variable definitions will either be exact settings, or prefixes or suffixes of the current value of these variables. When omitted, @var{kind} defaults to @code{exact}. +This option can also be used to compute the @emph{combined} search paths +of several profiles. Consider this example: + +@example +$ guix package -p foo -i guile +$ guix package -p bar -i guile-json +$ guix package -p foo -p bar --search-paths +@end example + +The last command above reports about the @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} +variable, even though, taken individually, neither @file{foo} nor +@file{bar} would lead to that recommendation. + + @item --profile=@var{profile} @itemx -p @var{profile} Use @var{profile} instead of the user's default profile. |