From a677c7267bdf5f2d2310d81334f1d2aaf2cff856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 22:41:24 +0100 Subject: build: Add 'waf-build-system'. * guix/build-system/waf.scm, guix/build/waf-build-system.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document waf-build-system. --- doc/guix.texi | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4e99254b19..9fa0bd8f84 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1913,6 +1913,18 @@ Which Ruby package is used can be specified with the @code{#:ruby} parameter. @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} waf-build-system +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system waf)}. It +implements a build procedure around the @code{waf} script. The common +phases---@code{configure}, @code{build}, and @code{install}---are +implemented by passing their names as arguments to the @code{waf} +script. + +The @code{waf} script is executed by the Python interpreter. Which +Python package is used to run the script can be specified with the +@code{#:python} parameter. +@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, -- cgit v1.2.3