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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-04-07 22:20:28 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-04-07 23:30:38 +0200
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pack: Add '--expression'.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%options, show-help): Add '--expression'.
(guix-pack)[maybe-package-argument]: New procedure.
Use it, and remove variable 'specs'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document '--expression'.
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@@ -2476,6 +2476,14 @@ This produces a tarball that follows the
 Docker Image Specification}.
 @end table
 
+@item --expression=@var{expr}
+@itemx -e @var{expr}
+Consider the package @var{expr} evaluates to.
+
+This has the same purpose as the same-named option in @command{guix
+build} (@pxref{Additional Build Options, @code{--expression} in
+@command{guix build}}).
+
 @item --system=@var{system}
 @itemx -s @var{system}
 Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of