13/57: doc: Document new options for pyproject-build-system.

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commit c955dd1e732c7abee0a8a598e57f11e564735383
Author: Lars-Dominik Braun <lars@6xq.net>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 16 09:44:50 2024 +0100

    doc: Document new options for pyproject-build-system.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Add documentation for
    changed #:configure-flags and new #:backend-path.
    
    Change-Id: Ic8be598ea52ae04230b1e61c329ee55ccbb5dd63
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 doc/guix.texi | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1c1e0164e7..07055835ca 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -9757,6 +9757,18 @@ The API is slightly different from 
@var{python-build-system}:
 @item
 @code{#:use-setuptools?} and @code{#:test-target} is removed.
 @item
+@code{#:configure-flags} is changed. Instead of a list
+this option must be a JSON object, whose interpretation
+depends on the build backend. For instance the example from
+@url{https://peps.python.org/pep-0517/#config-settings,PEP 517}
+should be written as @code{'(@@ ("CC" "gcc") ("--global-option"
+("--some-global-option")) ("--build-option" ("--build-option1"
+"--build-option2")))}
+@item
+@code{#:backend-path} is added.  It defaults to @code{#false}, but when
+set to a list it will be appended to Python’s search path and overrides
+the definition in @file{pyproject.toml}.
+@item
 @code{#:build-backend} is added.  It defaults to @code{#false} and will try
 to guess the appropriate backend based on @file{pyproject.toml}.
 @item