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diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm index 3ae363b830..1c3d037d99 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2019 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Greg Hogan <code@greghogan.com> +;;; Copyright © 2022 Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -663,10 +664,13 @@ for more information."))) (synopsis "Wrapper for the Python 3 commands") (description "This package provides wrappers for the commands of Python@tie{}3.x such -that they can be invoked under their usual name---e.g., @command{python} +that they can also be invoked under their usual names---e.g., @command{python} instead of @command{python3} or @command{pip} instead of @command{pip3}. + To function properly, this package should not be installed together with the -@command{python} package."))) +@code{python} package: this package uses the @code{python} package as a +propagated input, so installing this package already makes both the versioned +and the unversioned commands available."))) (define-public python-wrapper (wrap-python3 python)) (define-public python-minimal-wrapper (wrap-python3 python-minimal)) |