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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f531985ee7..7f579f81d4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Kyle Andrews@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Alex Griffin@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Guillaume Le Vaillant@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Liliana Marie Prikler@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020 Simon Tournier@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Simon Tournier@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Wiktor Żelazny@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Damien Cassou@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jakub Kądziołka@* @@ -11751,14 +11751,21 @@ in the definitions of packages. @item --recursive @itemx -r -Compute the hash on @var{file} recursively. - -In this case, the hash is computed on an archive containing @var{file}, -including its children if it is a directory. Some of the metadata of -@var{file} is part of the archive; for instance, when @var{file} is a -regular file, the hash is different depending on whether @var{file} is -executable or not. Metadata such as time stamps has no impact on the -hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). +This option is deprecated in favor of @option{--serializer}. It is a +legacy alias for @var{type} sets to @code{nar}. + +@item --serializer=@var{type} +@itemx -S +Compute the hash on @var{file} using @var{type} serialization. + +Supported types: @code{none} and @code{nar}. + +When using @code{nar}, the hash is computed on an archive containing +@var{file}, including its children if it is a directory. Some of the +metadata of @var{file} is part of the archive; for instance, when +@var{file} is a regular file, the hash is different depending on whether +@var{file} is executable or not. Metadata such as time stamps has no +impact on the hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). @c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when @c it exists. |