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authorDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-10-26 18:09:28 -0400
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-10-28 08:40:16 -0400
commit34a1783fc1498d7150210da22dd7804d288438b3 (patch)
tree5d964a4eb2de50130a878cd93373f429e10cb26f /doc/guix.texi
parent5c7bdc9a7fb2ed4f963dbacc7c1bee8cc9223303 (diff)
scripts: build: Add --file option.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-help): Add help text for --file option. (%options): Add --file option. (options/resolve-packages): Handle 'file' options. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix build"): Add doc.
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@@ -3615,6 +3615,19 @@ The @var{options} may be zero or more of the following:
@table @code
+@item --file=@var{file}
+@itemx -f @var{file}
+
+Build the package or derivation that the code within @var{file}
+evaluates to.
+
+As an example, @var{file} might contain a package definition like this
+(@pxref{Defining Packages}):
+
+@example
+@verbatiminclude package-hello.scm
+@end example
+
@item --expression=@var{expr}
@itemx -e @var{expr}
Build the package or derivation @var{expr} evaluates to.