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[PATCH] doc: Note that guix package can operate on outputs.

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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Abhishek Cherath <abhi <at> quic.us>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 59520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#59520] [PATCH] doc: Note that guix package can operate on outputs.
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:27:34 +0100

Hi,

On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 at 19:09, Abhishek Cherath <abhi <at> quic.us> wrote:

> guix package has --install-from-expression, but I guess that doesn't 
> propagate to guix install because that's an alias for guix package -i

Yes, this appears to me covering your use case for hidden packages.
Well, I even missed it in my previous message [1]. :-)

So I still miss what is the use case.  For instance,

    guix package -e '(@@ (gnu packages rust) rust-1.65)'

works and all the transformation options are also available in “guix
package”.  Therefore, in the command line,

    guix package -i $(guix build …)

I miss what the … (dots) could be that cannot be expressed without “guix
build”.  Maybe cross-compiled packages with --system or --target?


1: <https://yhetil.org/guix/86bkoxfe7y.fsf <at> gmail.com>

Cheers,
simon

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