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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6ea143f37b..88e1ff7f77 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3894,6 +3894,25 @@ package: guix import pypi itsdangerous @end example +@item gem +@cindex gem +Import meta-data from @uref{https://rubygems.org/, +RubyGems}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be +installed. @xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the +JSON-formatted description available at @code{rubygems.org} and includes +most relevant information, including runtime dependencies. There are +some caveats, however. The meta-data doesn't distinguish between +synopses and descriptions, so the same string is used for both fields. +Additionally, the details of non-Ruby dependencies required to build +native extensions is unavailable and left as an exercise to the +packager. + +The command below imports meta-data for the @code{rails} Ruby package: + +@example +guix import gem rails +@end example + @item cpan @cindex CPAN Import meta-data from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}. |