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authornixo <nicolo@nixo.xyz>2021-01-28 16:13:33 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-01-30 15:36:56 +0100
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build-system/julia: Don't rely on file name to set module name.
* guix/build/julia-build-system.scm (project.toml->name): New procedure.
  (precompile, check, julia-build): Accept new key argument #:julia-package-name.
* guix/build-system/julia.scm (julia-build): ... add it.
* doc/guix.texi (julia-build-system): Update julia-package-name accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -7618,8 +7618,9 @@ julia} packages, which essentially is similar to running @samp{julia -e
 @env{JULIA_LOAD_PATH} contains the paths to all Julia package inputs.
 Tests are run by calling @code{/test/runtests.jl}.
 
-Julia packages require the source @code{file-name} to be the real name of the
-package, correctly capitalized.
+The Julia package name is read from the file @file{Project.toml}.  This
+value can be overridden by passing the argument @code{#:julia-file-name}
+(which must be correctly capitalized).
 
 For packages requiring shared library dependencies, you may need to write the
 @file{/deps/deps.jl} file manually.  It's usually a line of @code{const