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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 21082aece4..eca2d99487 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Clément Lassieur@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe +Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -5340,6 +5341,34 @@ package name by an at-sign and a version number as in the following example: guix import hackage mtl@@2.1.3.1 @end example +@item stackage +@cindex stackage +The @code{stackage} importer is a wrapper around the @code{hackage} one. +It takes a package name, looks up the package version included in a +long-term support (LTS) @uref{https://www.stackage.org, Stackage} +release and uses the @code{hackage} importer to retrieve its metadata. +Note that it is up to you to select an LTS release compatible with the +GHC compiler used by Guix. + +Specific command-line options are: + +@table @code +@item --no-test-dependencies +@itemx -t +Do not include dependencies required only by the test suites. +@item --lts-version=@var{version} +@itemx -r @var{version} +@var{version} is the desired LTS release version. If omitted the latest +release is used. +@end table + +The command below imports metadata for the @code{HTTP} Haskell package +included in the LTS Stackage release version 7.18: + +@example +guix import stackage --lts-version=7.18 HTTP +@end example + @item elpa @cindex elpa Import metadata from an Emacs Lisp Package Archive (ELPA) package @@ -5504,6 +5533,8 @@ the updater for @uref{https://rubygems.org, RubyGems} packages. the updater for @uref{https://github.com, GitHub} packages. @item hackage the updater for @uref{https://hackage.haskell.org, Hackage} packages. +@item stackage +the updater for @uref{https://www.stackage.org, Stackage} packages. @item crate the updater for @uref{https://crates.io, Crates} packages. @end table |