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authorBruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>2023-10-19 16:38:18 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2024-08-31 10:44:16 +0200
commitb3d5e2d252d9870bece8eb7acb50c5ce215e5da7 (patch)
tree079193c70597bcc9c1d6c7eb8487215e54296166 /doc
parentccb4a92c342b0bc721ed7baceac22b3e14f651a8 (diff)
build: copy-build-system: Allow specifying different output labels.
* guix/build/copy-build-system.scm: Introduce '#:output' parameter to specify which output label to use for a given rule. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7ff5e8c14b..04556630b3 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -9312,6 +9312,9 @@ install all files but those matching the exclusion filters.
If both inclusions and exclusions are specified, the exclusions are done
on top of the inclusions.
@end itemize
+@item When a package has multiple outputs, the @code{#:output} argument
+can be used to specify which output label the files should be installed
+to.
@end itemize
In all cases, the paths relative to @var{source} are preserved within
@var{target}.
@@ -9328,6 +9331,9 @@ e.g., install @file{foo/sub/file} to @file{share/my-app/sub/file}.
@file{share/my-app/sub/file}.
@item @code{("foo/sub" "share/my-app" #:include ("file"))}: Install @file{foo/sub/file} to
@file{share/my-app/file}.
+@item @code{("foo/doc" "share/my-app/doc" #:output "doc")}: Install
+@file{"foo/doc"} to @file{"share/my-app/doc"} within the @code{"doc"}
+output.
@end itemize
@end defvar