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@@ -2194,8 +2194,8 @@ scheme@@(guile-user)>
Note that non-monadic values cannot be returned in the
@code{store-monad} REPL.
-The main syntactic forms to deal with monads in general are described
-below.
+The main syntactic forms to deal with monads in general are provided by
+the @code{(guix monads)} module and are described below.
@deffn {Scheme Syntax} with-monad @var{monad} @var{body} ...
Evaluate any @code{>>=} or @code{return} forms in @var{body} as being
@@ -2235,8 +2235,8 @@ monadic expressions are ignored. In that sense, it is analogous to
@code{begin}, but applied to monadic expressions.
@end deffn
-The interface to the store monad provided by @code{(guix monads)} is as
-follows.
+The main interface to the store monad, provided by the @code{(guix
+store)} module, is as follows.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %store-monad
The store monad. Values in the store monad encapsulate accesses to the
@@ -2255,31 +2255,6 @@ Return as a monadic value the absolute file name in the store of the file
containing @var{text}, a string.
@end deffn
-@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
-Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
-containing all of @var{text}. @var{text} may list, in addition to
-strings, packages, derivations, and store file names; the resulting
-store file holds references to all these.
-
-This variant should be preferred over @code{text-file} anytime the file
-to create will reference items from the store. This is typically the
-case when building a configuration file that embeds store file names,
-like this:
-
-@example
-(define (profile.sh)
- ;; Return the name of a shell script in the store that
- ;; initializes the 'PATH' environment variable.
- (text-file* "profile.sh"
- "export PATH=" coreutils "/bin:"
- grep "/bin:" sed "/bin\n"))
-@end example
-
-In this example, the resulting @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-profile.sh} file
-will references @var{coreutils}, @var{grep}, and @var{sed}, thereby
-preventing them from being garbage-collected during its lifetime.
-@end deffn
-
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} interned-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @
[#:recursive? #t]
Return the name of @var{file} once interned in the store. Use
@@ -2303,6 +2278,9 @@ The example below adds a file to the store, under two different names:
@end deffn
+The @code{(guix packages)} module exports the following package-related
+monadic procedures:
+
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} package-file @var{package} [@var{file}] @
[#:system (%current-system)] [#:target #f] @
[#:output "out"] Return as a monadic
@@ -2563,6 +2541,31 @@ The resulting file holds references to all the dependencies of @var{exp}
or a subset thereof.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
+Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
+containing all of @var{text}. @var{text} may list, in addition to
+strings, packages, derivations, and store file names; the resulting
+store file holds references to all these.
+
+This variant should be preferred over @code{text-file} anytime the file
+to create will reference items from the store. This is typically the
+case when building a configuration file that embeds store file names,
+like this:
+
+@example
+(define (profile.sh)
+ ;; Return the name of a shell script in the store that
+ ;; initializes the 'PATH' environment variable.
+ (text-file* "profile.sh"
+ "export PATH=" coreutils "/bin:"
+ grep "/bin:" sed "/bin\n"))
+@end example
+
+In this example, the resulting @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-profile.sh} file
+will references @var{coreutils}, @var{grep}, and @var{sed}, thereby
+preventing them from being garbage-collected during its lifetime.
+@end deffn
+
Of course, in addition to gexps embedded in ``host'' code, there are
also modules containing build tools. To make it clear that they are
meant to be used in the build stratum, these modules are kept in the