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authorDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-05-14 21:11:57 -0400
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-05-20 12:13:04 -0400
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tree6b5287296f1f0b34e50680907495916c65aee446 /doc
parent8404ed5c3e3a36958dc0427531b21ae14b6398aa (diff)
package: Add --manifest option.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (show-help): Add help text. (%options): Add manifest option. (guix-package): Add manifest option handler. * doc/guix.texi ("Invoking guix package"): Document it. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add test.
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@@ -1068,6 +1068,23 @@ substring ``emacs'':
$ guix package --upgrade . --do-not-upgrade emacs
@end example
+@item --manifest=@var{file}
+@itemx -m @var{file}
+Create a new @dfn{generation} of the profile from the manifest object
+returned by the Scheme code in @var{file}.
+
+A manifest file may look like this:
+
+@example
+(use-package-modules guile emacs gcc)
+
+(packages->manifest
+ (list guile-2.0
+ emacs
+ ;; Use a specific package output.
+ (list gcc "debug")))
+@end example
+
@item --roll-back
Roll back to the previous @dfn{generation} of the profile---i.e., undo
the last transaction.