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@@ -3592,6 +3592,11 @@ package source code's remote URI and filesystem hierarchy structure. In
some cases, you will need to unpack the package's source code to a
different directory structure than the one indicated by the import path,
and @code{#:unpack-path} should be used in such cases.
+
+Packages that provide Go libraries should be installed along with their
+source code. The key @code{#:install-source?}, which defaults to
+@code{#t}, controls whether or not the source code is installed. It can
+be set to @code{#f} for packages that only provide executable files.
@end defvr
@defvr {Scheme Variable} glib-or-gtk-build-system