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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e7277fc9ee..889f380108 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10424,6 +10424,13 @@ The returned source tarball is the result of applying any patches and code snippets specified in the package @code{origin} (@pxref{Defining Packages}). +@cindex source, verification +As with other derivations, the result of building a source derivation +can be verified using the @option{--check} option (@pxref{build-check}). +This is useful to validate that a (potentially already built or +substituted, thus cached) package source matches against its declared +hash. + Note that @command{guix build -S} compiles the sources only of the specified packages. They do not include the sources of statically linked dependencies and by themselves are insufficient for reproducing |