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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-11-26 22:14:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-11-28 10:39:58 +0100 |
| commit | 8856f409d13cd7376be4319b9f75df0692c009d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 74855d6b0c022dc1409b98301b799d93524e2a0d /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 01e7ca5410e45f63a39f16a6e8156f3e0898141a (diff) | |
| download | guix-8856f409d13cd7376be4319b9f75df0692c009d6.tar.gz | |
derivations: Add properties.
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation): Add #:properties parameter.
[user+system-env-vars]: Honor it.
(derivation-properties): New procedure.
(build-expression->derivation): Add #:properties and pass it to
'derivation'.
* guix/gexp.scm (gexp->derivation): Likewise.
* tests/derivations.scm ("derivation-properties"): New test.
* tests/gexp.scm ("gexp->derivation properties"): New test.
* doc/guix.texi (Derivations, G-Expressions): Adjust accordingly.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 917a3e9d57..c040a8531a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5060,7 +5060,7 @@ a derivation is the @code{derivation} procedure: [#:system (%current-system)] [#:references-graphs #f] @ [#:allowed-references #f] [#:disallowed-references #f] @ [#:leaked-env-vars #f] [#:local-build? #f] @ - [#:substitutable? #t] + [#:substitutable? #t] [#:properties '()] Build a derivation with the given arguments, and return the resulting @code{<derivation>} object. @@ -5097,6 +5097,9 @@ When @var{substitutable?} is false, declare that substitutes of the derivation's output should not be used (@pxref{Substitutes}). This is useful, for instance, when building packages that capture details of the host CPU instruction set. + +@var{properties} must be an association list describing ``properties'' of the +derivation. It is kept as-is, uninterpreted, in the derivation. @end deffn @noindent @@ -5790,7 +5793,8 @@ information about monads.) [#:leaked-env-vars #f] @ [#:script-name (string-append @var{name} "-builder")] @ [#:deprecation-warnings #f] @ - [#:local-build? #f] [#:substitutable? #t] [#:guile-for-build #f] + [#:local-build? #f] [#:substitutable? #t] @ + [#:properties '()] [#:guile-for-build #f] Return a derivation @var{name} that runs @var{exp} (a gexp) with @var{guile-for-build} (a derivation) on @var{system}; @var{exp} is stored in a file called @var{script-name}. When @var{target} is true, |