From 0dfebdaa9d3eb107d96a12dfa506d79e34dceaf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 11:26:42 +0100 Subject: doc: State that the 'patches' field is unconditional. * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): State that 'patches' is unconditional. --- doc/guix.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 38c6ccb6bc..a582db1ce7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2808,6 +2808,10 @@ file name explicitly because the default is not very descriptive. @item @code{patches} (default: @code{'()}) A list of file names containing patches to be applied to the source. +This list of patches must be unconditional. In particular, it cannot +depend on the value of @code{%current-system} or +@code{%current-target-system}. + @item @code{snippet} (default: @code{#f}) A G-expression (@pxref{G-Expressions}) or S-expression that will be run in the source directory. This is a convenient way to modify the source, -- cgit v1.2.3