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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-06-14 22:37:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-06-14 22:55:59 +0200 |
| commit | 56b821069722c6341e9079299d90ae1cdfe9a916 (patch) | |
| tree | 31207af9b6ec534010dd03b89f661b93eb936b3a /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | a83c6a6471b0f1950ab5c53acb278e1b88d51c11 (diff) | |
| download | patches-56b821069722c6341e9079299d90ae1cdfe9a916.tar patches-56b821069722c6341e9079299d90ae1cdfe9a916.tar.gz | |
guix build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable.
(read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for
'gexp?'.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
guxi build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable.
(read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for
'gexp?'.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c1e51eac94..c14272ed9a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2244,7 +2244,11 @@ For example, @var{expr} may be @code{(@@ (gnu packages guile) guile-1.8)}, which unambiguously designates this specific variant of version 1.8 of Guile. -Alternately, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure +Alternately, @var{expr} may be a G-expression, in which case it is used +as a build program passed to @code{gexp->derivation} +(@pxref{G-Expressions}). + +Lastly, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad}). The procedure must return a derivation as a monadic value, which is then passed through @code{run-with-store}. |