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diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index 1ef238ca2d..23774827cd 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "8819551c8d2a12cd4e84e09b51e434d05a012c9d") + (title (en "Package transformations now apply to implicit inputs")) + (body + (en "Package transformation options such as @option{--with-branch}, +@option{--with-input}, and so on now apply to implicit inputs---previously +only a package's explicit inputs would be affected. This allows for things +such as replacing the Python dependency of a package that uses +@code{python-build-system}: + +@example +guix install --with-input=python=python2 python-itsdangerous +@end example + +Another example is grafting a different version of the GNU C +Library (@code{glibc} is an implicit input of almost all the packages and is +``deep down'' in the dependency graph): + +@example +guix build --with-graft=glibc=glibc@@2.31 hello +@end example + +Run @command{info \"(guix) Package Transformation Options\"} for more +info."))) + (entry (commit "a98712785e0b042a290420fd74e5a4a5da4fc68f") (title (en "New @command{guix git authenticate} command") (de "Neuer Befehl @command{guix git authenticate}") |