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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/edit.scm | 10 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a05ea17cda..87ad1212bf 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -8706,6 +8706,10 @@ have created your own packages on @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} recipes. In other cases, you will be able to examine the read-only recipes for packages currently in the store. +Instead of @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}, the command-line option +@code{--load-path=@var{directory}} (or in short @code{-L +@var{directory}}) allows you to add @var{directory} to the front of the +package module search path and so make your own packages visible. @node Invoking guix download @section Invoking @command{guix download} diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm index da3d2775e8..a6fd1d2751 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2020 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ (define-module (guix scripts edit) #:use-module (guix ui) #:use-module (guix scripts) + #:use-module ((guix scripts build) #:select (%standard-build-options)) #:use-module (guix utils) #:use-module (gnu packages) #:use-module (srfi srfi-1) @@ -28,7 +30,10 @@ guix-edit)) (define %options - (list (option '(#\h "help") #f #f + (list (find (lambda (option) + (member "load-path" (option-names option))) + %standard-build-options) + (option '(#\h "help") #f #f (lambda args (show-help) (exit 0))) @@ -41,6 +46,9 @@ Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) (newline) (display (G_ " + -L, --load-path=DIR prepend DIR to the package module search path")) + (newline) + (display (G_ " -h, --help display this help and exit")) (display (G_ " -V, --version display version information and exit")) |