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doc: Distinguish between (gnu packages ...) and "GNU packages".
* doc/guix.texi (Package Modules): Add a footnote stating that (gnu packages ...) has nothing to do with "GNU packages."
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@ -1978,7 +1978,12 @@ the load. To check whether a package has a @code{debug} output, use
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From a programming viewpoint, the package definitions of the
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distribution are provided by Guile modules in the @code{(gnu packages
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...)} name space (@pxref{Modules, Guile modules,, guile, GNU Guile
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@dots{})} name space@footnote{Note that packages under the @code{(gnu
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packages @dots{})} module name space are not necessarily ``GNU
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packages''. This module naming scheme follows the usual Guile module
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naming convention: @code{gnu} means that these modules are distributed
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as part of the GNU system, and @code{packages} identifies modules that
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define packages.} (@pxref{Modules, Guile modules,, guile, GNU Guile
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Reference Manual}). For instance, the @code{(gnu packages emacs)}
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module exports a variable named @code{emacs}, which is bound to a
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@code{<package>} object (@pxref{Defining Packages}). The @code{(gnu
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