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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4e99254b19..9fa0bd8f84 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1913,6 +1913,18 @@ Which Ruby package is used can be specified with the @code{#:ruby} parameter. @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} waf-build-system +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system waf)}. It +implements a build procedure around the @code{waf} script. The common +phases---@code{configure}, @code{build}, and @code{install}---are +implemented by passing their names as arguments to the @code{waf} +script. + +The @code{waf} script is executed by the Python interpreter. Which +Python package is used to run the script can be specified with the +@code{#:python} parameter. +@end defvr + Lastly, for packages that do not need anything as sophisticated, a ``trivial'' build system is provided. It is trivial in the sense that it provides basically no support: it does not pull any implicit inputs, |