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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 8e1bdb6f93..53c9fb2d44 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ The difference between @code{--roll-back} and not make a zeroth generation, so if a specified generation does not exist, the current generation will not be changed. -@item --search-paths +@item --search-paths[=@var{kind}] @cindex search paths Report environment variable definitions, in Bash syntax, that may be needed in order to use the set of installed packages. These environment @@ -1113,6 +1113,18 @@ library are installed in the profile, then @code{--search-paths} will suggest setting these variables to @code{@var{profile}/include} and @code{@var{profile}/lib}, respectively. +The typical use case is to define these environment variables in the +shell: + +@example +$ eval `guix package --search-paths` +@end example + +@var{kind} may be one of @code{exact}, @code{prefix}, or @code{suffix}, +meaning that the returned environment variable definitions will either +be exact settings, or prefixes or suffixes of the current value of these +variables. When omitted, @var{kind} defaults to @code{exact}. + @item --profile=@var{profile} @itemx -p @var{profile} Use @var{profile} instead of the user's default profile. |