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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9be321661b..083504dcb8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -16944,6 +16944,23 @@ version: %base-packages))) @end lisp +@findex specification->package+output +When a package has more than one output it can be a challenge to refer to a +specific output instead of just to the standard @code{out} output. For these +situations one can use the @code{specification->package+output} procedure from +the @code{(gnu packages)} module. For example: + +@lisp +(use-modules (gnu packages)) + +(operating-system + ;; ... + (packages (append (map specification->package+output + '("nss-certs" "git" "git:send-email")) + %base-packages))) + +@end lisp + @unnumberedsubsec System Services @cindex services |