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| author | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-10-07 23:55:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-10-07 23:55:17 -0400 |
| commit | 319fe79dd01e03c4ef61311c336bcd77e1133f02 (patch) | |
| tree | c169d85b429a801fdc22ce27c25b7e4230eb320a /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 9511de1ef8c59788f2c93ae6b0cb1e87e30824ab (diff) | |
| parent | a606ed89d4e3737beec2f3392bedba61904778f4 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4ee4fe1ffe..79877f156b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4154,7 +4154,14 @@ The following options are supported: @item --update @itemx -u -Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place. +Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place. This is +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 +@end example + @xref{Defining Packages}, for more information on package definitions. @item --select=[@var{subset}] @@ -4179,7 +4186,7 @@ In addition, @command{guix refresh} can be passed one or more package names, as in this example: @example -guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4 +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4 @end example @noindent |