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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-11-12 01:06:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-11-12 01:06:45 +0100 |
| commit | bf4211523baf8ab1c853aac48ef0324f8f704510 (patch) | |
| tree | c31db97ccececd3f3ac48396fa65227359723598 /doc | |
| parent | eddd4077a5292052d95443078ee4db9f34f2f0e2 (diff) | |
| download | guix-bf4211523baf8ab1c853aac48ef0324f8f704510.tar.gz | |
guix build: Add '--log-file'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-help): Add '--log-file'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-build): Set %FILE-PORT-NAME-CANONICALIZATION. Honor '--log-file'. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add '--log-file' tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '--log-file'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4fb14063d0..d0dc523a01 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1546,6 +1546,22 @@ Use the given verbosity level. @var{level} must be an integer between 0 and 5; higher means more verbose output. Setting a level of 4 or more may be helpful when debugging setup issues with the build daemon. +@item --log-file +Return the build log file names for the given +@var{package-or-derivation}s, or raise an error if build logs are +missing. + +This works regardless of how packages or derivations are specified. For +instance, the following invocations are equivalent: + +@example +guix build --log-file `guix build -d guile` +guix build --log-file `guix build guile` +guix build --log-file guile +guix build --log-file -e '(@@ (gnu packages guile) guile-2.0)' +@end example + + @end table Behind the scenes, @command{guix build} is essentially an interface to |