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guix: modify-input: Recommend prepend instead of append.

* doc/guix.texi (Defining Package Variants): Document the "prepend" clause of
modify-inputs first.
* guix/packages.scm (modify-inputs): use "prepend" in the docstring.

Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
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Vivien Kraus 2022-11-05 12:59:01 +01:00 committed by Christopher Baines
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@ -8080,20 +8080,20 @@ following forms:
@item (delete @var{name}@dots{})
Delete from the inputs packages with the given @var{name}s (strings).
@item (append @var{package}@dots{})
Add @var{package}s to the end of the input list.
@item (prepend @var{package}@dots{})
Add @var{package}s to the front of the input list.
@item (append @var{package}@dots{})
Add @var{package}s to the end of the input list.
@end table
The example below removes the GMP and ACL inputs of Coreutils and adds
libcap to the back of the input list:
libcap to the front of the input list:
@lisp
(modify-inputs (package-inputs coreutils)
(delete "gmp" "acl")
(append libcap))
(prepend libcap))
@end lisp
The example below replaces the @code{guile} package from the inputs of
@ -8104,7 +8104,7 @@ The example below replaces the @code{guile} package from the inputs of
(replace "guile" guile-2.2))
@end lisp
The last type of clause is @code{prepend}, to add inputs to the front of
The last type of clause is @code{append}, to add inputs at the back of
the list.
@end deffn

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@ -1176,9 +1176,9 @@ inputs of Coreutils and adds libcap:
(modify-inputs (package-inputs coreutils)
(delete \"gmp\" \"acl\")
(append libcap))
(prepend libcap))
Other types of clauses include 'prepend' and 'replace'.
Other types of clauses include 'append' and 'replace'.
The first argument must be a labeled input list; the result is also a labeled
input list."