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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-10-09 18:52:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-10-09 18:54:12 +0200 |
| commit | b33e191c86b7638517ea838b63a54d031a033554 (patch) | |
| tree | 46c73cb4a9c6f224de06278e02112ba68f6eb2b6 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 64965a068d82d1730097e61f6443a8812051934b (diff) | |
| download | patches-b33e191c86b7638517ea838b63a54d031a033554.tar patches-b33e191c86b7638517ea838b63a54d031a033554.tar.gz | |
guix build: '-f' accepts file-like objects.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (options->things-to-build)[validate-type]:
Check for 'file-like?'.
(options->derivations): Accept 'file-like?'.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add a test with 'computed-file'.
* doc/guix.texi (Additional Build Options): Mention file-like objects.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3c116fc0be..9b37270a83 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6365,9 +6365,8 @@ retrieved using the @option{--log-file} option. @item --file=@var{file} @itemx -f @var{file} - -Build the package or derivation that the code within @var{file} -evaluates to. +Build the package, derivation, or other file-like object that the code within +@var{file} evaluates to (@pxref{G-Expressions, file-like objects}). As an example, @var{file} might contain a package definition like this (@pxref{Defining Packages}): |