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@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Hartmut Goebel@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Maxim Cournoyer@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 George Clemmer@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Andy Wingo
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Andy Wingo@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Arun Isaac
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -3868,6 +3869,19 @@ Python package is used to run the script can be specified with the
@code{#:python} parameter.
@end defvr
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} scons-build-system
+This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system scons)}. It
+implements the build procedure used by the SCons software construction
+tool. This build system runs @code{scons} to build the package,
+@code{scons test} to run tests, and then @code{scons install} to install
+the package.
+
+Additional flags to be passed to @code{scons} can be specified with the
+@code{#:scons-flags} parameter. The version of Python used to run SCons
+can be specified by selecting the appropriate SCons package with the
+@code{#:scons} parameter.
+@end defvr
+
@defvr {Scheme Variable} haskell-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system haskell)}. It
implements the Cabal build procedure used by Haskell packages, which