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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-11-17 18:44:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-11-17 18:58:38 +0100 |
| commit | bf2479c710d32eb61cbaa393df4525a84aaa2d95 (patch) | |
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doc: Suggest using 'guix pull' before 'guix system reconfigure'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Suggest running 'guix pull'
before the first use of 'guix system reconfigure'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f84f0d684c..a9eeec3338 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4343,6 +4343,13 @@ It also adds a GRUB menu entry for the new OS configuration, and moves entries for older configurations to a submenu---unless @option{--no-grub} is passed. +@c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at +@c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>. +It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run +@command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking +guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix +once @command{reconfigure} has completed. + @item build Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system. |