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| author | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2013-02-12 01:24:21 -0500 |
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| committer | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2013-02-13 22:05:19 -0500 |
| commit | dc5669cd654019994fa59ab26db59c292332ae55 (patch) | |
| tree | c288dbbba737db6b71ca42da37b700b28caa6fac /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | c2868b1e0c4155fbeffac9860d69a1ed6041156a (diff) | |
| download | gnu-guix-dc5669cd654019994fa59ab26db59c292332ae55.tar gnu-guix-dc5669cd654019994fa59ab26db59c292332ae55.tar.gz | |
Build newest versions unless specified, and implement upgrades.
* gnu/packages.scm (find-newest-available-packages):
New exported procedure.
* guix-build.in (newest-available-packages, find-best-packages-by-name):
New procedures.
(find-package): Use find-best-packages-by-name, to guarantee that
if a version number is not specified, only the newest versions will
be considered.
* guix-package.in (%options): Add --upgrade/-u option.
(newest-available-packages, find-best-packages-by-name, upgradeable?):
New procedures.
(find-package): Use find-best-packages-by-name, to guarantee that
if a version number is not specified, only the newest versions will
be considered.
(process-actions): Implement upgrade option.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): In the description of --install,
mention that if no version number is specified, the newest available
version will be selected.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9cb1431bf1..80149326c1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -491,9 +491,10 @@ Install @var{package}. @var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as @code{guile}, or a package name followed by a hyphen and version number, -such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. In addition, @var{package} 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}. +such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. If no version number is specified, the +newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package} +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}. @cindex propagated inputs Sometimes packages have @dfn{propagated inputs}: these are dependencies |