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authorNikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>2013-09-24 22:18:09 +0000
committerNikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>2013-09-25 16:08:39 +0000
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guix package: Do not list the zeroth generation.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[process-query]: Change 'list-generation' to not list the zeroth generation. * tests/guix-package.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it, and use the right term when talking about generations.
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@@ -583,9 +583,8 @@ When combined with options such as @code{--install}, roll back occurs
before any other actions.
When rolling back from the first generation that actually contains
-installed packages, the profile is made to point to the @dfn{empty
-profile}, also known as @dfn{profile zero}---i.e., it contains no files
-apart from its own meta-data.
+installed packages, the profile is made to point to the @dfn{zeroth
+generation}, which contains no files apart from its own meta-data.
Installing, removing, or upgrading packages from a generation that has
been rolled back to overwrites previous future generations. Thus, the
@@ -683,7 +682,8 @@ Multiple Outputs}), and the source location of its definition.
@itemx -l [@var{pattern}]
Return a list of generations along with their creation dates; for each
generation, show the installed packages, with the most recently
-installed packages shown last.
+installed packages shown last. Note that the zeroth generation is never
+shown.
For each installed package, print the following items, separated by
tabs: the name of a package, its version string, the part of the package