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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e58bb65bd1..213c183e1f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10012,10 +10012,16 @@ files whenever possible. Likewise, it can also create TeX formats (i.e., @file{.fmt} files) listed in the @code{#:create-formats} argument. -The build system adds only @code{texlive-bin} and -@code{texlive-latex-base} (both from @code{(gnu packages tex}) to the -inputs. Both can be overridden with the arguments @code{#:texlive-bin} -and @code{#:texlive-latex-base}, respectively. +The build system adds @code{texlive-bin} from @code{(gnu packages tex)} +to the native inputs. It can be overridden with the +@code{#:texlive-bin} argument. + +The package @code{texlive-latex-bin}, from the same module, contains +most of the tools for building TeX Live packages; for convenience, it is +also added by default to the native inputs. However, this can be +troublesome when building a dependency of @code{texlive-latex-bin} +itself. In this particular situation, the @code{#:texlive-latex-bin?} +argument should be set to @code{#f}. @end defvar @defvar ruby-build-system |