From b55e6ee01fe674b282e7ec75d0e4c8a839262261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Pelz Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:35:52 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain why '--without-tests' may fail with modified 'check' phase. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Explain. --- doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e8458ad8d8..6a2bd629cb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -9350,6 +9350,12 @@ The command above installs @code{python-notebook} on top of rebuilds everything that depends on @code{python}, including @code{python-notebook} itself. +Internally, @code{--without-tests} relies on changing the +@code{#:tests?} option of a package's @code{check} phase (@pxref{Build +Systems}). Note that some packages use a customized @code{check} phase +that does not respect a @code{#:tests? #f} setting. Therefore there are +some packages for which @code{--without-tests} cannot disable tests. + @end table @node Additional Build Options -- 2.28.0