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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 25 |
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 555b9bb961..2354874cb0 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ prefix unless the name would already begin with @code{elm-}. In many cases we can reconstruct an Elm package's upstream name heuristically, but, since conversion to a Guix-style name involves a loss of information, this is not always possible. Care should be taken to add the -@code{'upstream-name} property when necessary so that tools -will work correctly. The most notable scenarios +@code{'upstream-name} property when necessary so that @samp{guix import elm} +will work correctly (@pxref{Invoking guix import}). The most notable scenarios when explicitly specifying the upstream name is necessary are: @enumerate diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3eff660f0e..5a07c995b9 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13157,6 +13157,31 @@ and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet in Guix. @end table +@item elm +@cindex elm +Import metadata from the Elm package repository +@uref{https://package.elm-lang.org, package.elm-lang.org}, as in this example: + +@example +guix import elm elm-explorations/webgl +@end example + +The Elm importer also allows you to specify a version string: + +@example +guix import elm elm-explorations/webgl@@1.1.3 +@end example + +Additional options include: + +@table @code +@item --recursive +@itemx -r +Traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively +and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet +in Guix. +@end table + @item opam @cindex OPAM @cindex OCaml |