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authorLudovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr>2021-10-01 11:14:58 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-10-25 15:29:42 +0200
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profiles: Add 'package->development-manifest'.
* guix/profiles.scm (package->development-manifest): New procedure.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (input->manifest-entry)
(package-environment-inputs): Remove.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (options/resolve-packages): Use
'package->development-manifest' instead of 'package-environment-inputs'.
* tests/profiles.scm ("package->development-manifest"): New test.
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@@ -3341,6 +3341,17 @@ objects, like this:
  '("emacs" "guile@@2.2" "guile@@2.2:debug"))
 @end lisp
 
+@findex package->development-manifest
+You might also want to create a manifest for all the dependencies of a
+package, rather than the package itself:
+
+@lisp
+(package->development-manifest (specification->package "emacs"))
+@end lisp
+
+The example above gives you all the software required to develop Emacs,
+similar to what @command{guix environment emacs} provides.
+
 @xref{export-manifest, @option{--export-manifest}}, to learn how to
 obtain a manifest file from an existing profile.