From ec5495ba3f06655252959aebe9d9d273387c6125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 00:14:53 +0200 Subject: doc: 'patches' field of can list file-like objects. Fixes . Reported by sirgazil . * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): 'patches' can contain file-like objects. --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 0ea677387b..2bb820b46c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3290,7 +3290,8 @@ used. For version control checkouts, it is recommended to provide the file name explicitly because the default is not very descriptive. @item @code{patches} (default: @code{'()}) -A list of file names containing patches to be applied to the source. +A list of file names, origins, or file-like objects (@pxref{G-Expressions, +file-like objects}) pointing to patches to be applied to the source. This list of patches must be unconditional. In particular, it cannot depend on the value of @code{%current-system} or -- cgit v1.2.3