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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-03-05 20:30:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-03-05 20:35:47 +0100 |
| commit | ef010c0f3d414f7107de80e0835d1e347b04315b (patch) | |
| tree | 356bc3ac554f76b9655b446c52c2599509f70370 /doc | |
| parent | c50cbfd61a540e120b922fa16bf6ab8533c37b0b (diff) | |
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guix package: Inform about new upstream versions of GNU packages.
* guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (gnu-package?): New procedure.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (waiting): New macro.
(check-package-freshness): New procedure.
(guix-package)[process-actions]: Use it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention the feature.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a07c277e70..1be172c3f6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ Thus, when installing MPC, the MPFR and GMP libraries also get installed in the profile; removing MPC also removes MPFR and GMP---unless they had also been explicitly installed independently. +@c XXX: keep me up-to-date +Besides, when installing a GNU package, the tool reports the +availability of a newer upstream version. In the future, it may provide +the option of installing directly from the upstream version, even if +that version is not yet in the distribution. + @item --install-from-expression=@var{exp} @itemx -e @var{exp} Install the package @var{exp} evaluates to. |