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| author | Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> | 2020-12-17 10:40:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> | 2020-12-22 14:18:34 +0100 |
| commit | 5f5e3873d735d13824c172d779e6095d6947f340 (patch) | |
| tree | 94018b99252dd85b076e63c077a03ead24050fdf /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 08c4dd518a3263a5b61bc41b20e2e4fec322376d (diff) | |
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import/cran: Add input style "specification".
* guix/import/cran.scm (%input-style): New parameter.
(format-inputs): Use it.
* guix/scripts/import/cran.scm (guix-import-cran): Set the %input-style
parameter.
(%options): Add "--style" option.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 392baf5910..74cd86be37 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -11009,6 +11009,13 @@ When @option{--recursive} is added, the importer will traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet in Guix. +When @option{--style=specification} is added, the importer will generate +package definitions whose inputs are package specifications instead of +references to package variables. This is useful when generated package +definitions are to be appended to existing user modules, as the list of +used package modules need not be changed. The default is +@option{--style=variable}. + When @option{--archive=bioconductor} is added, metadata is imported from @uref{https://www.bioconductor.org/, Bioconductor}, a repository of R packages for the analysis and comprehension of high-throughput |