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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-01-22 17:29:35 +0100 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-01-24 21:44:55 +0100 |
commit | 4de829a2230f6b5867207d3f722d393884f65057 (patch) | |
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doc: Clarify that package transformations are preserved across upgrades.
Reported by pineapples on #guix.
This is a followup to 8e1907a72430aa989125b053573ef0897c480697.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Remove sentence that says that
package transformations are lost upon upgrading and explicitly say the
opposite.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4a20b3b902..7e7c43286f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3576,11 +3576,8 @@ Consequently, this command must be used with care. Finally, since @command{guix package} may actually start build processes, it supports all the common build options (@pxref{Common Build Options}). It also supports package transformation options, such as -@option{--with-source} (@pxref{Package Transformation Options}). -However, note that package transformations are lost when upgrading; to -preserve transformations across upgrades, you should define your own -package variant in a Guile module and add it to @env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} -(@pxref{Defining Packages}). +@option{--with-source}, and preserves them across upgrades +(@pxref{Package Transformation Options}). @node Substitutes @section Substitutes |