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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b12cb11bdf..6c681494a2 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10357,6 +10357,24 @@ This is similar to @option{--with-branch}, except that it builds from @var{commit} rather than the tip of a branch. @var{commit} must be a valid Git commit SHA1 identifier or a tag. +@item --with-patch=@var{package}=@var{file} +Add @var{file} to the list of patches applied to @var{package}, where +@var{package} is a spec such as @code{python@@3.8} or @code{glibc}. +@var{file} must contain a patch; it is applied with the flags specified +in the @code{origin} of @var{package} (@pxref{origin Reference}), which +by default includes @code{-p1} (@pxref{patch Directories,,, diffutils, +Comparing and Merging Files}). + +As an example, the command below rebuilds Coreutils with the GNU C +Library (glibc) patched with the given patch: + +@example +guix build coreutils --with-patch=glibc=./glibc-frob.patch +@end example + +In this example, glibc itself as well as everything that leads to +Coreutils in the dependency graph is rebuilt. + @cindex test suite, skipping @item --without-tests=@var{package} Build @var{package} without running its tests. This can be useful in |