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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f313ba5db4..75ce632602 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2781,6 +2781,24 @@ the @code{package-derivation} procedure of the @code{(guix packages)} module, and to the @code{build-derivations} procedure of the @code{(guix store)} module. +In addition to options explicitly passed on the command line, +@command{guix build} and other @command{guix} commands that support +building honor the @code{GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS} environment variable. + +@defvr {Environment Variable} GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS +Users can define this variable to a list of command line options that +will automatically be used by @command{guix build} and other +@command{guix} commands that can perform builds, as in the example +below: + +@example +$ export GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS="--no-substitutes -c 2 -L /foo/bar" +@end example + +These options are appended to the ones passed on the command line. +@end defvr + + @node Invoking guix download @section Invoking @command{guix download} |