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doc: Note that ‘guix package’ accepts file names.

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* doc/guix.texi (Package Management)[Invoking guix package]:
Mention support for operating on store file names.

Co-authored-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
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@ -3423,19 +3423,25 @@ The @var{options} can be among the following:
@itemx -i @var{package} @dots{}
Install the specified @var{package}s.
Each @var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as
@code{guile}, or a package name followed by an at-sign and version number,
such as @code{guile@@1.8.8} or simply @code{guile@@1.8} (in the latter
case, the newest version prefixed by @code{1.8} is selected).
Each @var{package} may specify a simple package name, such as
@code{guile}, optionally followed by an at-sign and version number,
such as @code{guile@@3.0.7} or simply @code{guile@@3.0}. In the latter
case, the newest version prefixed by @code{3.0} is selected.
If no version number is specified, the
newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package}
If no version number is specified, the newest available version will be
selected. In addition, such a @var{package} specification
may contain a colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the
package, as in @code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils@@2.22:lib}
(@pxref{Packages with Multiple Outputs}). Packages with a corresponding
(@pxref{Packages with Multiple Outputs}).
Packages with a corresponding
name (and optionally version) are searched for among the GNU
distribution modules (@pxref{Package Modules}).
Alternatively, a @var{package} can directly specify a store file name
such as @file{/gnu/store/...-guile-3.0.7}, as produced by, e.g.,
@code{guix build}.
@cindex propagated inputs
Sometimes packages have @dfn{propagated inputs}: these are dependencies
that automatically get installed along with the required package