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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 42f616548d..70604b7603 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3188,6 +3188,37 @@ bound to the @code{libreoffice} top-level attribute): @example guix import nix ~/path/to/nixpkgs libreoffice @end example + +@item hackage +@cindex hackage +Import meta-data from Haskell community's central package archive +@uref{https://hackage.haskell.org/, Hackage}. Information is taken from +Cabal files and includes all the relevant information, including package +dependencies. + +Specific command-line options are: + +@table @code +@item --no-test-dependencies +@itemx -t +Do not include dependencies only required to run the test suite. +@end table + +The command below imports meta-data for the latest version of the +@code{HTTP} Haskell package without including test dependencies: + +@example +guix import hackage -t HTTP +@end example + +A specific package version may optionally be specified by following the +package name by a hyphen and a version number as in the following example: + +@example +guix import hackage mtl-2.1.3.1 +@end example + +Currently only indentation structured Cabal files are supported. @end table The structure of the @command{guix import} code is modular. It would be |