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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-11-29 15:07:07 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-11-29 16:12:31 +0100
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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.
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@@ -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