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commit 4ec6fd7817ec4073547fd71309374a293d7c436c
Author: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 28 12:31:44 2023 +0300

    doc: Document specification->package+output.
    
    Reported by nutcase on IRC.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add a section about
    using specification->package+output.
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 doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 9be321661b..083504dcb8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -16944,6 +16944,23 @@ version:
                     %base-packages)))
 @end lisp
 
+@findex specification->package+output
+When a package has more than one output it can be a challenge to refer to a
+specific output instead of just to the standard @code{out} output.  For these
+situations one can use the @code{specification->package+output} procedure from
+the @code{(gnu packages)} module.  For example:
+
+@lisp
+(use-modules (gnu packages))
+
+(operating-system
+  ;; ...
+  (packages (append (map specification->package+output
+                         '("nss-certs" "git" "git:send-email"))
+                    %base-packages)))
+
+@end lisp
+
 @unnumberedsubsec System Services
 
 @cindex services