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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9835d19d2b..80185e0731 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7336,26 +7336,27 @@ defined by the crate. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} chicken-build-system -This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system chicken)}. -It builds Chicken Scheme modules (also called ``eggs'' or ``extensions''). -Chicken generates C source code, which then gets compiled by a C compiler, -in this case GCC. +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system chicken)}. It +builds @uref{https://call-cc.org/, CHICKEN Scheme} modules, also called +``eggs'' or ``extensions''. CHICKEN generates C source code, which then +gets compiled by a C compiler, in this case GCC. -It adds @code{chicken} to the package inputs, as well as the packages of -@code{gnu-build-system}. +This build system adds @code{chicken} to the package inputs, as well as +the packages of @code{gnu-build-system}. The build system can't (yet) deduce the egg's name automatically, so just like with @code{go-build-system} and its @code{#:import-path}, you should define @code{#:egg-name} in the package's @code{arguments} field. -For example, if you are packaging the srfi-1 egg: +For example, if you are packaging the @code{srfi-1} egg: + @lisp (arguments '(#:egg-name "srfi-1")) @end lisp Egg dependencies must be defined in @code{propagated-inputs}, not @code{inputs} -because Chicken doesn't embed absolute references in compiled eggs. -Test dependecies should go to @code{native-inputs}, as usual. +because CHICKEN doesn't embed absolute references in compiled eggs. +Test dependencies should go to @code{native-inputs}, as usual. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} copy-build-system |