kkebreau pushed a commit to branch wip-gnome-updates
in repository guix.
commit 69aec18dd5553316140bfff89036b1192d08dae8
Author: Florian Pelz <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Nov 6 19:28:57 2019 +0100
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.
---
doc/guix.texi | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4df928e..27cb31d 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
