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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1fd2e21608..7dde9b727b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7975,6 +7975,10 @@ The exact set of supported keywords depends on the build system @code{#:phases}. The @code{#:phases} keyword in particular lets you modify the set of build phases for your package (@pxref{Build Phases}). +The REPL has dedicated commands to interactively inspect values of some +of these arguments, as a convenient debugging aid (@pxref{Using Guix +Interactively}). + @quotation Compatibility Note Until version 1.3.0, the @code{arguments} field would typically use @code{quote} (@code{'}) or @code{quasiquote} (@code{`}) and no @@ -8774,6 +8778,23 @@ when @var{cut?} returns true for a given package. When @var{deep?} is true, @va applied to implicit inputs as well. @end deffn +@quotation Tips +Understanding what a variant really looks like can be difficult as one +starts combining the tools shown above. There are several ways to +inspect a package before attempting to build it that can prove handy: + +@itemize +@item +You can inspect the package interactively at the REPL, for instance to +view its inputs, the code of its build phases, or its configure flags +(@pxref{Using Guix Interactively}). + +@item +When rewriting dependencies, @command{guix graph} can often help +visualize the changes that are made (@pxref{Invoking guix graph}). +@end itemize +@end quotation + @node Writing Manifests @section Writing Manifests @@ -10585,6 +10606,11 @@ we have seen before. @xref{Build Utilities}, for more about the helpers used by this phase, and for more examples of @code{modify-phases}. +@quotation Tip +You can inspect the code associated with a package's @code{#:phases} +argument interactively, at the REPL (@pxref{Using Guix Interactively}). +@end quotation + @cindex code staging @cindex staging, of code Keep in mind that build phases are code evaluated at the time the @@ -12763,6 +12789,30 @@ scheme@@(guix-user)> (scandir (string-append $3 "/bin")) $5 = ("." ".." "egrep" "fgrep" "grep") @end example +As a packager, you may be willing to inspect the build phases or flags +of a given package; this is particularly useful when relying a lot on +inheritance to define package variants (@pxref{Defining Package +Variants}) or when package arguments are a result of some computation, +both of which can make it harder to foresee what ends up in the package +arguments. Additional commands let you inspect those package arguments: + +@example +scheme@@(guix-user)> ,phases grep +$1 = (modify-phases %standard-phases + (add-after 'install 'fix-egrep-and-fgrep + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) + (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")) + (bin (string-append out "/bin"))) + (substitute* (list (string-append bin "/egrep") + (string-append bin "/fgrep")) + (("^exec grep") + (string-append "exec " bin "/grep"))))))) +scheme@@(guix-user)> ,configure-flags findutils +$2 = (list "--localstatedir=/var") +scheme@@(guix-user)> ,make-flags binutils +$3 = '("MAKEINFO=true") +@end example + At a lower-level, a useful command is @code{lower}: it takes a file-like object and ``lowers'' it into a derivation (@pxref{Derivations}) or a store file: @@ -12794,6 +12844,17 @@ This is similar to the @option{--verbosity} command-line option shows build events only, and higher levels print build logs. @end deffn +@deffn {REPL command} phases @var{package} +@deffnx {REPL command} configure-flags @var{package} +@deffnx {REPL command} make-flags @var{package} +These REPL commands return the value of one element of the +@code{arguments} field of @var{package} (@pxref{package Reference}): the +first one show the staged code associated with @code{#:phases} +(@pxref{Build Phases}), the second shows the code for +@code{#:configure-flags}, and @code{,make-flags} returns the code for +@code{#:make-flags}. +@end deffn + @deffn {REPL command} run-in-store @var{exp} Run @var{exp}, a monadic expression, through the store monad. @xref{The Store Monad}, for more information. |