From fe0915cf24a2bd2edd2b7d38d4ba85998e486f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Lepiller Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 15:44:31 +0200 Subject: doc: Document (list package output) syntax in operanting-system-packages. * doc/guix.texi (Globally-Visible Packages): Document (PACKAGE OUTPUT) syntax. --- doc/guix.texi | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 79942d7cd1..4446909ed6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7761,7 +7761,19 @@ provides all the tools one would expect for basic user and administrator tasks---including the GNU Core Utilities, the GNU Networking Utilities, the GNU Zile lightweight text editor, @command{find}, @command{grep}, etc. The example above adds tcpdump to those, taken from the @code{(gnu -packages admin)} module (@pxref{Package Modules}). +packages admin)} module (@pxref{Package Modules}). The +@code{(list package output)} syntax can be used to add a specific output +of a package: + +@lisp +(use-modules (gnu packages)) +(use-modules (gnu packages dns)) + +(operating-system + ;; ... + (packages (cons (list bind "utils") + %base-packages))) +@end lisp @findex specification->package Referring to packages by variable name, like @var{tcpdump} above, has -- cgit v1.2.3