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| State | Accepted |
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| Series | [bug#47213,v2] doc: Add snippet for running 'guix refresh' on installed | expand |
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On Wed, Mar 17 2021, Xinglu Chen wrote: > * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Add snippet that runs 'guix refresh' > on all the packages installed in the current profile. Friendly ping! :) I just realized that I started a new bug with the v2 patch, apologies for the mess I have created.
Hi! Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz> skribis: > * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Add snippet that runs 'guix refresh' > on all the packages installed in the current profile. > --- > Changes since v1: > - Correct the example snippet. > - Refer the reader to "Running Guix Before It Is Installed". > - Add suggestion to run `guix package -i --with-latest`. > > doc/guix.texi | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi > index 410670e639..d94772d5be 100644 > --- a/doc/guix.texi > +++ b/doc/guix.texi > @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ > Copyright @copyright{} 2020 John Soo@* > Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jonathan Brielmaier@* > Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Edgar Vincent@* > +Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Xinglu Chen@* > > Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document > under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or > @@ -11719,8 +11720,21 @@ > > @noindent > The command above specifically updates the @code{emacs} and > -@code{idutils} packages. The @option{--select} option would have no > -effect in this case. > +@code{idutils} packages (see @pxref{Running Guix Before It Is > +Installed}). The @option{--select} option would have no effect in this > +case. > + > +You can also quickly update all the packages installed in the current > +profile with the following snippet: > + > +@example > +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u $(guix package --list-installed | cut -f1) > +@end example > + > +This is handy if you don't use manifests for installing packages into > +your profile. If you just want to install the latest version of a > +package, run @command{guix package -i --with-latest} (see @pxref{Package > +Transformation Options}). I pushed a variant of this as commit 3cb1136780108aebe45794e639b4a8c06460c7e3 and related commits. Thank you, and apologies for the delay! Ludo’.
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 410670e639..d94772d5be 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2020 John Soo@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jonathan Brielmaier@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Edgar Vincent@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Xinglu Chen@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -11719,8 +11720,21 @@ @noindent The command above specifically updates the @code{emacs} and -@code{idutils} packages. The @option{--select} option would have no -effect in this case. +@code{idutils} packages (see @pxref{Running Guix Before It Is +Installed}). The @option{--select} option would have no effect in this +case. + +You can also quickly update all the packages installed in the current +profile with the following snippet: + +@example +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u $(guix package --list-installed | cut -f1) +@end example + +This is handy if you don't use manifests for installing packages into +your profile. If you just want to install the latest version of a +package, run @command{guix package -i --with-latest} (see @pxref{Package +Transformation Options}). When considering whether to upgrade a package, it is sometimes convenient to know which packages would be affected by the upgrade and