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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 94d7a29bdf..d10fbce3a4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017 Leo Famulari@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Chris Marusich@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 John Darrington@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 ng0@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@* @@ -6002,6 +6002,24 @@ are run after installation using the R function @code{tools::testInstalledPackage}. @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} rakudo-build-system +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system rakudo)} It +implements the build procedure used by @uref{https://rakudo.org/, +Rakudo} for @uref{https://perl6.org/, Perl6} packages. It installs the +package to @code{/gnu/store/@dots{}/NAME-VERSION/share/perl6} and +installs the binaries, library files and the resources, as well as wrap +the files under the @code{bin/} directory. Tests can be skipped by +passing @code{#f} to the @code{tests?} parameter. + +Which rakudo package is used can be specified with @code{rakudo}. +Which perl6-tap-harness package used for the tests can be specified with +@code{#:prove6} or removed by passing @code{#f} to the +@code{with-prove6?} parameter. +Which perl6-zef package used for tests and installing can be specified +with @code{#:zef} or removed by passing @code{#f} to the +@code{with-zef?} parameter. +@end defvr + @defvr {Scheme Variable} texlive-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system texlive)}. It is used to build TeX packages in batch mode with a specified engine. The @@ -9290,7 +9308,9 @@ This shows the @emph{reverse} DAG of packages. For example: guix graph --type=reverse-package ocaml @end example -...@: yields the graph of packages that depend on OCaml. +...@: yields the graph of packages that @emph{explicitly} depend on OCaml (if +you are also interested in cases where OCaml is an implicit dependency, see +@code{reverse-bag} below.) Note that for core packages this can yield huge graphs. If all you want is to know the number of packages that depend on a given package, use @@ -9324,6 +9344,20 @@ dependencies. @item bag-with-origins Similar to @code{bag}, but also showing origins and their dependencies. +@item reverse-bag +This shows the @emph{reverse} DAG of packages. Unlike @code{reverse-package}, +it also takes implicit dependencies into account. For example: + +@example +guix graph -t reverse-bag dune +@end example + +@noindent +...@: yields the graph of all packages that depend on Dune, directly or +indirectly. Since Dune is an @emph{implicit} dependency of many packages +@i{via} @code{dune-build-system}, this shows a large number of packages, +whereas @code{reverse-package} would show very few if any. + @item derivation This is the most detailed representation: It shows the DAG of derivations (@pxref{Derivations}) and plain store items. Compared to |