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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 7a458903be3..0d76b31c188 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1280,11 +1280,16 @@ implement low-level concepts, such as the @code{memoize} procedure. @node Modules @subsection Modules - +@cindex build-side modules +@cindex host-side modules Guile modules that are meant to be used on the builder side must live in the @code{(guix build @dots{})} name space. They must not refer to other Guix or GNU modules. However, it is OK for a ``host-side'' module -to use a build-side module. +to use a build-side module. As an example, the @code{(guix +search-paths)} module should not be imported and used by a package since +it isn't meant to be used as a ``build-side'' module. It would also +couple the module with the package's dependency graph, which is +undesirable. Modules that deal with the broader GNU system should be in the @code{(gnu @dots{})} name space rather than @code{(guix @dots{})}. |