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authorRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2015-02-05 22:41:24 +0100
committerRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2015-02-08 19:21:58 +0100
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build: Add 'waf-build-system'.
* guix/build-system/waf.scm, guix/build/waf-build-system.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document waf-build-system.
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parameter.
@end defvr
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} waf-build-system
+This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system waf)}. It
+implements a build procedure around the @code{waf} script. The common
+phases---@code{configure}, @code{build}, and @code{install}---are
+implemented by passing their names as arguments to the @code{waf}
+script.
+
+The @code{waf} script is executed by the Python interpreter. Which
+Python package is used to run the script can be specified with the
+@code{#:python} parameter.
+@end defvr
+
Lastly, for packages that do not need anything as sophisticated, a
``trivial'' build system is provided. It is trivial in the sense that
it provides basically no support: it does not pull any implicit inputs,