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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 18 |
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e7310de3a0..43549da388 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7625,8 +7625,22 @@ or replace package inputs. @deffn {Scheme Syntax} modify-inputs @var{inputs} @var{clauses} Modify the given package inputs, as returned by @code{package-inputs} & co., -according to the given clauses. The example below removes the GMP and ACL -inputs of Coreutils and adds libcap to the back of the input list: +according to the given clauses. Each clause must have one of the +following forms: + +@table @code +@item (delete @var{name}@dots{}) +Delete from the inputs packages with the given @var{name}s (strings). + +@item (append @var{package}@dots{}) +Add @var{package}s to the end of the input list. + +@item (prepend @var{package}@dots{}) +Add @var{package}s to the front of the input list. +@end table + +The example below removes the GMP and ACL inputs of Coreutils and adds +libcap to the back of the input list: @lisp (modify-inputs (package-inputs coreutils) |