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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index fb1c66dcf4..7beb2c3f27 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6931,6 +6931,13 @@ By default guix calls @code{setup.py} under control of @code{setuptools}, much like @command{pip} does. Some packages are not compatible with setuptools (and pip), thus you can disable this by setting the @code{#:use-setuptools?} parameter to @code{#f}. + +If a @code{"python"} output is available, the package is installed into it +instead of the default @code{"out"} output. This is useful for packages that +include a Python package as only a part of the software, and thus want to +combine the phases of @code{python-build-system} with another build system. +Python bindings are a common usecase. + @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} perl-build-system |