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doc: Move list of build phases to "Build Phases".

Before this change, the 'gnu-build-system' phases were listed in the
"Build Systems" section, and then summarized in the "Build Phases"
section.  This moves everything to "Build Phases".

* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Move phase table to...
(Build Phases): ... here.  Rearrange surrounding text.
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@ -7298,55 +7298,7 @@ standards, GNU Coding Standards}).
In a nutshell, packages using it are configured, built, and installed with
the usual @code{./configure && make && make check && make install}
command sequence. In practice, a few additional steps are often needed.
All these steps are split up in separate @dfn{phases},
notably@footnote{Please see the @code{(guix build gnu-build-system)}
modules for more details about the build phases.}:
@table @code
@item unpack
Unpack the source tarball, and change the current directory to the
extracted source tree. If the source is actually a directory, copy it
to the build tree, and enter that directory.
@item patch-source-shebangs
Patch shebangs encountered in source files so they refer to the right
store file names. For instance, this changes @code{#!/bin/sh} to
@code{#!/gnu/store/@dots{}-bash-4.3/bin/sh}.
@item configure
Run the @file{configure} script with a number of default options, such
as @option{--prefix=/gnu/store/@dots{}}, as well as the options specified
by the @code{#:configure-flags} argument.
@item build
Run @code{make} with the list of flags specified with
@code{#:make-flags}. If the @code{#:parallel-build?} argument is true
(the default), build with @code{make -j}.
@item check
Run @code{make check}, or some other target specified with
@code{#:test-target}, unless @code{#:tests? #f} is passed. If the
@code{#:parallel-tests?} argument is true (the default), run @code{make
check -j}.
@item install
Run @code{make install} with the flags listed in @code{#:make-flags}.
@item patch-shebangs
Patch shebangs on the installed executable files.
@item strip
Strip debugging symbols from ELF files (unless @code{#:strip-binaries?}
is false), copying them to the @code{debug} output when available
(@pxref{Installing Debugging Files}).
@end table
@vindex %standard-phases
The build-side module @code{(guix build gnu-build-system)} defines
@code{%standard-phases} as the default list of build phases.
@code{%standard-phases} is a list of symbol/procedure pairs, where the
procedure implements the actual phase.
All these steps are split up in separate @dfn{phases}.
@xref{Build Phases}, for more info on build phases and ways to customize
them.
@ -8250,16 +8202,53 @@ exception is the ``bare-bones'' @code{trivial-build-system}
(@pxref{Build Systems}).
As discussed in the previous section, those build systems provide a
standard list of phases. For @code{gnu-build-system}, the standard
phases include an @code{unpack} phase to unpack the source code tarball,
a @command{configure} phase to run @code{./configure}, a @code{build}
phase to run @command{make}, and (among others) an @code{install} phase
to run @command{make install}; @pxref{Build Systems}, for a more
detailed view of these phases. Likewise, @code{cmake-build-system}
inherits these phases, but its @code{configure} phase runs
@command{cmake} instead of @command{./configure}. Other build systems,
such as @code{python-build-system}, have a wholly different list of
standard phases. All this code runs on the @dfn{build side}: it is
standard list of phases. For @code{gnu-build-system}, the main build
phases are the following:
@table @code
@item unpack
Unpack the source tarball, and change the current directory to the
extracted source tree. If the source is actually a directory, copy it
to the build tree, and enter that directory.
@item patch-source-shebangs
Patch shebangs encountered in source files so they refer to the right
store file names. For instance, this changes @code{#!/bin/sh} to
@code{#!/gnu/store/@dots{}-bash-4.3/bin/sh}.
@item configure
Run the @file{configure} script with a number of default options, such
as @option{--prefix=/gnu/store/@dots{}}, as well as the options specified
by the @code{#:configure-flags} argument.
@item build
Run @code{make} with the list of flags specified with
@code{#:make-flags}. If the @code{#:parallel-build?} argument is true
(the default), build with @code{make -j}.
@item check
Run @code{make check}, or some other target specified with
@code{#:test-target}, unless @code{#:tests? #f} is passed. If the
@code{#:parallel-tests?} argument is true (the default), run @code{make
check -j}.
@item install
Run @code{make install} with the flags listed in @code{#:make-flags}.
@item patch-shebangs
Patch shebangs on the installed executable files.
@item strip
Strip debugging symbols from ELF files (unless @code{#:strip-binaries?}
is false), copying them to the @code{debug} output when available
(@pxref{Installing Debugging Files}).
@end table
Other build systems have similar phases, with some variations. For
example, @code{cmake-build-system} has same-named phases but its
@code{configure} phases runs @code{cmake} instead of @code{./configure}.
Others, such as @code{python-build-system}, have a wholly different list
of standard phases. All this code runs on the @dfn{build side}: it is
evaluated when you actually build the package, in a dedicated build
process spawned by the build daemon (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon}).
@ -8270,6 +8259,7 @@ is a procedure that accepts an arbitrary number of arguments. By
convention, those procedures receive information about the build in the
form of @dfn{keyword parameters}, which they can use or ignore.
@vindex %standard-phases
For example, here is how @code{(guix build gnu-build-system)} defines
@code{%standard-phases}, the variable holding its alist of build
phases@footnote{We present a simplified view of those build phases, but