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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 09749b15e1..77bdaa50eb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Arun Isaac@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 nee@* Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Rutger Helling@* Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Oleg Pykhalov@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Mike Gerwitz +Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Mike Gerwitz@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Pierre-Antoine Rouby Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -5063,6 +5064,23 @@ headers, which comes in handy in this case: @dots{}))) @end example +@cindex extensions, for gexps +@findex with-extensions +In the same vein, sometimes you want to import not just pure-Scheme +modules, but also ``extensions'' such as Guile bindings to C libraries +or other ``full-blown'' packages. Say you need the @code{guile-json} +package available on the build side, here's how you would do it: + +@example +(use-modules (gnu packages guile)) ;for 'guile-json' + +(with-extensions (list guile-json) + (gexp->derivation "something-with-json" + #~(begin + (use-modules (json)) + @dots{}))) +@end example + The syntactic form to construct gexps is summarized below. @deffn {Scheme Syntax} #~@var{exp} @@ -5146,6 +5164,18 @@ directly defined in @var{body}@dots{}, but not on those defined, say, in procedures called from @var{body}@dots{}. @end deffn +@deffn {Scheme Syntax} with-extensions @var{extensions} @var{body}@dots{} +Mark the gexps defined in @var{body}@dots{} as requiring +@var{extensions} in their build and execution environment. +@var{extensions} is typically a list of package objects such as those +defined in the @code{(gnu packages guile)} module. + +Concretely, the packages listed in @var{extensions} are added to the +load path while compiling imported modules in @var{body}@dots{}; they +are also added to the load path of the gexp returned by +@var{body}@dots{}. +@end deffn + @deffn {Scheme Procedure} gexp? @var{obj} Return @code{#t} if @var{obj} is a G-expression. @end deffn @@ -5160,6 +5190,7 @@ information about monads.) [#:hash #f] [#:hash-algo #f] @ [#:recursive? #f] [#:env-vars '()] [#:modules '()] @ [#:module-path @var{%load-path}] @ + [#:effective-version "2.2"] @ [#:references-graphs #f] [#:allowed-references #f] @ [#:disallowed-references #f] @ [#:leaked-env-vars #f] @ @@ -5180,6 +5211,9 @@ make @var{modules} available in the evaluation context of @var{exp}; the load path during the execution of @var{exp}---e.g., @code{((guix build utils) (guix build gnu-build-system))}. +@var{effective-version} determines the string to use when adding extensions of +@var{exp} (see @code{with-extensions}) to the search path---e.g., @code{"2.2"}. + @var{graft?} determines whether packages referred to by @var{exp} should be grafted when applicable. @@ -16159,6 +16193,64 @@ A simple setup for cat-avatar-generator can look like this: %base-services)) @end example +@subsubheading Hpcguix-web + +@cindex hpcguix-web +The @uref{hpcguix-web, https://github.com/UMCUGenetics/hpcguix-web/} +program is a customizable web interface to browse Guix packages, +initially designed for users of high-performance computing (HPC) +clusters. + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} hpcguix-web-service-type +The service type for @code{hpcguix-web}. +@end defvr + +@deftp {Data Type} hpcguix-web-configuration +Data type for the hpcguix-web service configuration. + +@table @asis +@item @code{specs} +A gexp (@pxref{G-Expressions}) specifying the hpcguix-web service +configuration. The main items available in this spec are: + +@table @asis +@item @code{title-prefix} (default: @code{"hpcguix | "}) +The page title prefix. + +@item @code{guix-command} (default: @code{"guix"}) +The @command{guix} command. + +@item @code{package-filter-proc} (default: @code{(const #t)}) +A procedure specifying how to filter packages that are displayed. + +@item @code{package-page-extension-proc} (default: @code{(const '())}) +Extension package for @code{hpcguix-web}. + +@item @code{menu} (default: @code{'()}) +Additional entry in page @code{menu}. +@end table + +See the hpcguix-web repository for a +@uref{https://github.com/UMCUGenetics/hpcguix-web/blob/master/hpcweb-configuration.scm, +complete example}. + +@item @code{package} (default: @code{hpcguix-web}) +The hpcguix-web package to use. +@end table +@end deftp + +A typical hpcguix-web service declaration looks like this: + +@example +(service hpcguix-web-service-type + (hpcguix-web-configuration + (specs + #~(define site-config + (hpcweb-configuration + (title-prefix "Guix-HPC - ") + (menu '(("/about" "ABOUT")))))))) +@end example + @node Certificate Services @subsubsection Certificate Services |