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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-11-29 15:07:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-11-29 16:12:31 +0100 |
| commit | e9c72306fdfd6a60158918850cb25d0ff3837d16 (patch) | |
| tree | 043cedd0c9f140d98e40784cdc9fa21db0f6dec3 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | a409de98116dacb75bb033bcebf22d8c1eb3d64b (diff) | |
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refresh: Warn about packages that lack an updater.
* guix/upstream.scm (package-update-path): Rename to...
(package-latest-release): ... this. Remove 'version>?' check.
(package-latest-release*): New procedure.
(package-update): Use it.
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (lookup-updater): Rename to...
(lookup-updater-by-name): ... this.
(warn-no-updater): New procedure.
(update-package): Add #:warn? parameter and honor it.
(check-for-package-update): New procedure.
(guix-refresh)[warn?]: New variable.
Replace inline code when UPDATE? is false with a call to
'check-for-package-update'.
Pass WARN? to 'check-for-package-update' and 'update-package'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Fix a couple of
typos.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ce1e5d075a..4677e5cf79 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5250,10 +5250,19 @@ gnu/packages/gettext.scm:29:13: gettext would be upgraded from 0.18.1.1 to 0.18. gnu/packages/glib.scm:77:12: glib would be upgraded from 2.34.3 to 2.37.0 @end example -It does so by browsing the FTP directory of each package and determining -the highest version number of the source tarballs therein. The command +Alternately, one can specify packages to consider, in which case a +warning is emitted for packages that lack an updater: + +@example +$ guix refresh coreutils guile guile-ssh +gnu/packages/ssh.scm:205:2: warning: no updater for guile-ssh +gnu/packages/guile.scm:136:12: guile would be upgraded from 2.0.12 to 2.0.13 +@end example + +@command{guix refresh} browses the upstream repository of each package and determines +the highest version number of the releases therein. The command knows how to update specific types of packages: GNU packages, ELPA -packages, etc.---see the documentation for @option{--type} below. The +packages, etc.---see the documentation for @option{--type} below. There are many packages, though, for which it lacks a method to determine whether a new upstream release is available. However, the mechanism is extensible, so feel free to get in touch with us to add a new method! @@ -5293,7 +5302,7 @@ usually run from a checkout of the Guix source tree (@pxref{Running Guix Before It Is Installed}): @example -$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -s non-core +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -s non-core -u @end example @xref{Defining Packages}, for more information on package definitions. @@ -5359,7 +5368,7 @@ In addition, @command{guix refresh} can be passed one or more package names, as in this example: @example -$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4 +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc@@4.8 @end example @noindent |