From d45dc6da5c802024f31dba95919c06205c5e31e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Bavier Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 14:51:13 -0600 Subject: import: Add CPAN importer. * guix/import/cpan.scm, guix/scripts/import/cpan.scm, tests/cpan.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULE)[HAVE_GUILE_JSON]: Add them. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add cpan. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention `guix import cpan` as a user of guile-json. (Invoking guix import): Document new `guix import cpan` command. --- doc/guix.texi | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 12a1808137..8341a707d0 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ interest primarily for developers and not for casual users. @item Installing @uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS-Guile} will allow you to access @code{https} URLs with the @command{guix download} -command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}) and the @command{guix import -pypi} command. This is primarily of interest to developers. -@xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, -gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}. +command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}), the @command{guix import pypi} +command, and the @command{guix import cpan} command. This is primarily +of interest to developers. @xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the +GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}. @end itemize Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the @@ -2957,6 +2957,22 @@ package: guix import pypi itsdangerous @end example +@item cpan +@cindex CPAN +Import meta-data from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}. +Information is taken from the JSON-formatted meta-data provided through +@uref{https://api.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most +relevant information. License information should be checked closely. +Package dependencies are included but may in some cases needlessly +include core Perl modules. + +The command command below imports meta-data for the @code{Acme::Boolean} +Perl module: + +@example +guix import cpan Acme::Boolean +@end example + @item nix Import meta-data from a local copy of the source of the @uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This -- cgit v1.2.3