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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-12-14 19:52:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-12-14 19:57:42 +0100 |
| commit | 9d3994f70095b46b95e6d05562f32c25be326772 (patch) | |
| tree | 1073f885bc9f3b89500666427ee14b432b1af5bc /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 4fef1e850e4872f2bc7c1f0a10cbac176b50895f (diff) | |
| download | patches-9d3994f70095b46b95e6d05562f32c25be326772.tar patches-9d3994f70095b46b95e6d05562f32c25be326772.tar.gz | |
gexp: 'local-file' resolves relative file names.
* guix/gexp.scm (<local-file>): Rename constructor to '%%local-file'.
Add 'absolute' field.
(%local-file, extract-directory, absolute-file-name): New procedures.
(current-source-directory): New macro.
(local-file): Adjust call to '%local-file'.
(local-file-absolute-file-name): New procedure.
(local-file-compiler): Force the 'absolute' field.
* tests/guix-system.sh: Test whether 'local-file' canonicalization
works.
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 29cea5cef8..07668e917f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3489,8 +3489,9 @@ content is directly passed as a string. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} local-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @ [#:recursive? #t] Return an object representing local file @var{file} to add to the store; this -object can be used in a gexp. @var{file} will be added to the store under @var{name}--by -default the base name of @var{file}. +object can be used in a gexp. If @var{file} is a relative file name, it is looked +up relative to the source file where this form appears. @var{file} will be added to +the store under @var{name}--by default the base name of @var{file}. When @var{recursive?} is true, the contents of @var{file} are added recursively; if @var{file} designates a flat file and @var{recursive?} is true, its contents are added, and its |