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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-12-19 15:07:58 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-12-19 17:51:00 +0100
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doc: Make 'guix pull' more visible.
Suggested by Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>. Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25139>. * doc/guix.texi (Installation): Mention 'guix pull'. (Proceeding with the Installation): Mention updates with 'guix pull' and 'guix system reconfigure'. (Invoking guix pull): Add "updating" to the concept index.
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@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
+Once installed, Guix can be updated by running @command{guix pull}
+(@pxref{Invoking guix pull}).
+
@menu
* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
@@ -2308,6 +2311,7 @@ this option is primarily useful when the daemon was running with
@section Invoking @command{guix pull}
@cindex upgrading Guix
+@cindex updating Guix
@cindex @command{guix pull}
@cindex pull
Packages are installed or upgraded to the latest version available in
@@ -6949,6 +6953,14 @@ initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
unless your configuration specifies otherwise
(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
+@cindex upgrading GuixSD
+From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running
+@command{guix pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and
+then running @command{guix system reconfigure} to build a new system
+generation with the latest packages and services (@pxref{Invoking guix
+system}). We recommend doing that regularly so that your system
+includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
+
Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.