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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2691e24faf..5f2807654b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3137,6 +3137,11 @@ the @code{#:python} parameter. This is a useful way to force a package to be built for a specific version of the Python interpreter, which might be necessary if the package is only compatible with a single interpreter version. + +By default guix calls @code{setup.py} under control of +@code{setuptools}, much like @command{pip} does. Some packages are not +compatible with setuptools (and pip), thus you can disable this by +setting the @code{#:use-setuptools} parameter to @code{#f}. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} perl-build-system |