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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3eee1b87d5..f8eefa365b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13614,6 +13614,31 @@ Lastly, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad}). The procedure must return a derivation as a monadic value, which is then passed through @code{run-with-store}. +@item --development +@itemx -D +Build the ``development environment'' (build dependencies) of the +following package. + +For example, the following command builds the inputs of @code{hello}, +but @emph{not} @code{hello} itself, and also builds @code{guile}: + +@example +guix build -D hello guile +@end example + +Notice that @option{-D} (or @option{--development}) only applies to the +immediately following package on the command line. Under the hood, it +uses @code{package->development-manifest} +(@pxref{package-development-manifest, +@code{package->development-manifest}}). + +@quotation Note +The effect of combining @option{--development} with @option{--target} +(for cross-compilation) may not be what you expect: it will +cross-compile all the dependencies of the given package when it is built +natively. +@end quotation + @item --source @itemx -S Build the source derivations of the packages, rather than the packages |