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@@ -514,6 +514,19 @@ Thus, when installing MPC, the MPFR and GMP libraries also get installed
in the profile; removing MPC also removes MPFR and GMP---unless they had
also been explicitly installed independently.
+@item --install-from-expression=@var{exp}
+@itemx -e @var{exp}
+Install the package @var{exp} evaluates to.
+
+@var{exp} must be a Scheme expression that evaluates to a
+@code{<package>} object. This option is notably useful to disambiguate
+between same-named variants of a package, with expressions such as
+@code{(@@ (gnu packages base) guile-final)}.
+
+Note that this option installs the first output of the specified
+package, which may be insufficient when needing a specific output of a
+multiple-output package.
+
@item --remove=@var{package}
@itemx -r @var{package}
Remove @var{package}.
@@ -657,6 +670,18 @@ store---i.e., files and directories no longer reachable from any root.
@item --list-live
Show the list of live store files and directories.
+
+@end table
+
+In addition, the references among existing store files can be queried:
+
+@table @code
+
+@item --references
+@itemx --referrers
+List the references (respectively, the referrers) of store files given
+as arguments.
+
@end table