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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 458fca20af..6ed77fe267 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6346,6 +6346,17 @@ the module (in the "arguments" form of a package using the linux-module-build-system, use the key #:linux to specify it). @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} node-build-system +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system node)}. It +implements the build procedure used by @uref{http://nodejs.org, +Node.js}, which implements an approximation of the @code{npm install} +command, followed by an @code{npm test} command. + +Which Node.js package is used to interpret the @code{npm} commands can +be specified with the @code{#:node} parameter which defaults to +@code{node}. +@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, |