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| author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2019-11-06 19:28:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2019-11-07 22:15:12 +0000 |
| commit | bfe6bc97f596d1782aacf9159b1bb0bec1e9ff99 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d34add88eed00a1b07f2144f654b6700fe6e33d | |
| parent | 00e680a411652e30d18839fa9ec86cf4068164de (diff) | |
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doc: Add clarification on the '--source' build option.
Emphasize that what the '--source' build option downloads is
insufficient for reproducing the packages.
* doc/guix.texi (Additional Build Options): Explain more.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4df928e400..27cb31dde5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -8318,6 +8318,11 @@ The returned source tarball is the result of applying any patches and code snippets specified in the package @code{origin} (@pxref{Defining Packages}). +Note that @command{guix build -S} compiles the sources only of the +specified packages. They do not include the sources of statically +linked dependencies and by themselves are insufficient for reproducing +the packages. + @item --sources Fetch and return the source of @var{package-or-derivation} and all their dependencies, recursively. This is a handy way to obtain a local copy |