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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 701b5400f8..d2a21a0f4a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1840,6 +1840,34 @@ Cross-build for @var{triplet}, which must be a valid GNU triplet, such as @code{"mips64el-linux-gnu"} (@pxref{Configuration Names, GNU configuration triplets,, configure, GNU Configure and Build System}). +@item --with-source=@var{source} +Use @var{source} as the source of the corresponding package. +@var{source} must be a file name or a URL, as for @command{guix +download} (@pxref{Invoking guix download}). + +The ``corresponding package'' is taken to be one specified on the +command line whose name matches the base of @var{source}---e.g., if +@var{source} is @code{/src/guile-2.0.10.tar.gz}, the corresponding +package is @code{guile}. Likewise, the version string is inferred from +@var{source}; in the previous example, it's @code{2.0.10}. + +This option allows users to try out versions of packages other than the +one provided by the distribution. The example below downloads +@file{ed-1.7.tar.gz} from a GNU mirror and uses that as the source for +the @code{ed} package: + +@example +guix build ed --with-source=mirror://gnu/ed/ed-1.7.tar.gz +@end example + +As a developer, @code{--with-source} makes it easy to test release +candidates: + +@example +guix build guile --with-source=../guile-2.0.9.219-e1bb7.tar.xz +@end example + + @item --derivations @itemx -d Return the derivation paths, not the output paths, of the given |