aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7625f30fbb..64f73b38a4 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -18744,6 +18744,14 @@ Build Options}). In addition, @var{options} can contain one of the
following:
@table @option
+@item --expression=@var{expr}
+@itemx -e @var{expr}
+Consider the operating-system @var{expr} evaluates to.
+This is an alternative to specifying a file which evaluates to an
+operating system.
+This is used to generate the GuixSD installer @pxref{Building the
+Installation Image}).
+
@item --system=@var{system}
@itemx -s @var{system}
Attempt to build for @var{system} instead of the host system type.