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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-11-03 11:26:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-11-03 11:27:38 +0100 |
| commit | 0dfebdaa9d3eb107d96a12dfa506d79e34dceaf2 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c56b3601a127f9d4fbec881a667f67edd6b9b6d | |
| parent | 4c93fe83e89473b2d16b93900c87e0da0ceecd6e (diff) | |
| download | guix-0dfebdaa9d3eb107d96a12dfa506d79e34dceaf2.tar.gz | |
doc: State that the 'patches' field is unconditional.
* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): State that 'patches' is unconditional.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
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, |