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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-11 11:19:12 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-11 11:19:12 +0200
commita43b55f1a6fa0eb712b2610b86a1775383d3f2cd (patch)
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parentc2590362ad7c926050db0ea1dacd437027241520 (diff)
downloadguix-a43b55f1a6fa0eb712b2610b86a1775383d3f2cd.tar.gz
guix build: Allow directories to be passed to --with-source.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (package-with-source)[tarball-base-name]: Gracefully
  handle file names that lack an extension.
  Pass #:recursive? #t to 'download-to-store'.
* guix/download.scm (download-to-store): Add #:recursive? parameter and pass
  it to 'add-to-store'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Add an example of --with-source with a
  directory.
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@@ -3438,6 +3438,13 @@ candidates:
 guix build guile --with-source=../guile-2.0.9.219-e1bb7.tar.xz
 @end example
 
+@dots{} or to build from a checkout in a pristine environment:
+
+@example
+$ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guix.git
+$ guix build guix --with-source=./guix
+@end example
+
 @item --no-grafts
 Do not ``graft'' packages.  In practice, this means that package updates
 available as grafts are not applied.  @xref{Security Updates}, for more