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authorRicardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>2015-07-24 16:49:57 +0200
committerRicardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>2015-08-31 15:39:34 +0200
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import: Add 'cran' importer.
* guix/import/cran.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import.scm: Add "cran" to 'importers'. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm: New file. * tests/cran.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'guix/import/cran.scm' and 'guix/scripts/import/cran.scm'. (SCM_TESTS): Add 'tests/cran.scm'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/import/cran.scm'.
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@@ -3939,6 +3939,21 @@ Perl module:
guix import cpan Acme::Boolean
@end example
+@item cran
+@cindex CRAN
+Import meta-data from @uref{http://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN}, the
+central repository for the @uref{http://r-project.org, GNU@tie{}R
+statistical and graphical environment}.
+
+Information is extracted from the HTML package description.
+
+The command command below imports meta-data for the @code{Cairo}
+R package:
+
+@example
+guix import cran Cairo
+@end example
+
@item nix
Import meta-data from a local copy of the source of the
@uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This