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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-02-05 12:13:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-02-05 16:54:27 +0100 |
| commit | a5e03674d1c5a3ea2e188b909a14ce1ac87b8773 (patch) | |
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| parent | 76dbb7516e13b8e24d88be34048ee4a83b0d2981 (diff) | |
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doc: Document the 'upstream-name' property.
Reported by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document 'upstream-name'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cb28c61182..c3b7d07d84 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6358,6 +6358,19 @@ 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! +Sometimes the upstream name differs from the package name used in Guix, +and @command{guix refresh} needs a little help. Most updaters honor the +@code{upstream-name} property in package definitions, which can be used +to that effect: + +@example +(define-public network-manager + (package + (name "network-manager") + ;; @dots{} + (properties '((upstream-name . "NetworkManager"))))) +@end example + When passed @code{--update}, it modifies distribution source files to update the version numbers and source tarball hashes of those package recipes (@pxref{Defining Packages}). This is achieved by downloading |