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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 87dc6ea5c5..1b07327278 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Laura Lazzati@* Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Alex Vong@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Josh Holland@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Diego Nicola Barbato@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Ivan Petkov@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -5814,10 +5815,21 @@ This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system cargo)}. It supports builds of packages using Cargo, the build tool of the @uref{https://www.rust-lang.org, Rust programming language}. -In its @code{configure} phase, this build system replaces dependencies -specified in the @file{Cargo.toml} file with inputs to the Guix package. -The @code{install} phase installs the binaries, and it also installs the -source code and @file{Cargo.toml} file. +It adds @code{rustc} and @code{cargo} to the set of inputs. +A different Rust package can be specified with the @code{#:rust} parameter. + +Regular cargo dependencies should be added to the package definition via the +@code{#:cargo-inputs} parameter as a list of name and spec pairs, where the +spec can be a package or a source definition. Note that the spec must +evaluate to a path to a gzipped tarball which includes a @code{Cargo.toml} +file at its root, or it will be ignored. Similarly, cargo dev-dependencies +should be added to the package definition via the +@code{#:cargo-development-inputs} parameter. + +In its @code{configure} phase, this build system will make any source inputs +specified in the @code{#:cargo-inputs} and @code{#:cargo-development-inputs} +parameters available to cargo. The @code{install} phase installs any crate +the binaries if they are defined by the crate. @end defvr @cindex Clojure (programming language) |