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[PATCH 0/2] New build system: copy-build-system

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From: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>, 39599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#39599] [PATCH 1/2] build-system: Add copy-build-system.
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:39:10 +0100

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Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> writes:

[...]

> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 42d7cfa2e8..d1ec214674 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -6159,6 +6159,63 @@ parameters available to cargo.  It will also remove an included
>  if they are defined by the crate.
>  @end defvr
>  
> +
> +@defvr {Scheme Variable} copy-build-system
> +@cindex (copy build system)
> +This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system copy)}.  It
> +supports builds of simple packages that don't require much compiling,
> +mostly just moving files around.
> +
> +It adds much of the @code{gnu-build-system} packages to the set of
> +inputs.  Because of this, the @code{copy-build-system} does not require
> +all the boilerplate code often implied by the
> +@code{trivial-build-system}.
> +
> +To further simplify the file installation process, an
> +@code{#:install-plan} argument is exposed to let the packaer specify

s/packaer/packager

[...]

Thanks! Gio'

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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