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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1956dbc422..2d10ec9b59 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ the @code{#:haddock-flags} parameter. If the file @code{Setup.hs} is not found, the build system looks for @code{Setup.lhs} instead. Which Haskell compiler is used can be specified with the @code{#:haskell} -parameter which defaults to @code{ghc}. +parameter which defaults to @code{ghc}. @end defvr Lastly, for packages that do not need anything as sophisticated, a @@ -3932,6 +3932,21 @@ evaluates to. @item -E @var{command} Execute @var{command} in the new environment. +@item --ad-hoc +Include all specified packages in the resulting environment, as if an +@i{ad hoc} package were defined with them as inputs. This option is +useful for quickly creating an environment without having to write a +package expression to contain the desired inputs. + +For instance, the command: + +@example +guix environment --ad-hoc guile guile-sdl -E guile +@end example + +runs @command{guile} in an environment where Guile and Guile-SDL are +available. + @item --pure Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment. This has the effect of creating an environment in which search paths |