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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-01-31 23:29:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-02-02 18:12:22 +0100 |
| commit | 9679123ce083c69cdfd1505d95a4066d41280394 (patch) | |
| tree | c163a7ca6978fc2da86801cc0b12e158b3874561 /doc | |
| parent | 62e3ba78afb8fc4e2b32cb55e18a7d6dcbb26bcb (diff) | |
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guix system: 'describe' shows the running system, not the current one.
* guix/profiles.scm (generation-number): Add optional 'base-profile'
parameter and use it.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (process-command): Add "/run/current-system"
as first argument to 'generation-number'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Clarify that 'guix system
describe' shows the running system.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b10f0d085b..ceec0d0cf5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -35811,9 +35811,21 @@ bootloader boot menu: @table @code @item describe -Describe the current system generation: its file name, the kernel and +Describe the running system generation: its file name, the kernel and bootloader used, etc., as well as provenance information when available. +@quotation Note +The @emph{running} system generation---referred to by +@file{/run/current-system}---is not necessarily the @emph{current} +system generation---referred to by @file{/var/guix/profiles/system}: it +differs when, for instance, you chose from the bootloader menu to boot +an older generation. + +It can also differ from the @emph{booted} system generation---referred +to by @file{/run/booted-system}---for instance because you reconfigured +the system in the meantime. +@end quotation + @item list-generations List a summary of each generation of the operating system available on disk, in a human-readable way. This is similar to the |