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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-01-27 17:18:55 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-01-27 17:18:55 +0100
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guix-package: When rolling back to nothingness, point to the empty profile.
Suggested by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-01/msg00316.html>. * guix-package.in (roll-back): Check whether PROFILE is valid using `file-exists?'. When NUMBER is zero, just emit a notice. When PREVIOUS-NUMBER is zero and PREVIOUS-PROFILE does not exist, build the empty profile, and link to it. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document the new behavior.
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@@ -509,6 +509,11 @@ the last transaction.
When combined with options such as @code{--install}, roll back occurs
before any other actions.
+When rolling back from the first generation that actually contains
+installed packages, the profile is made to point to the @dfn{empty
+profile}, also known as @dfn{profile zero}---i.e., it contains no files
+apart from its own meta-data.
+
@item --profile=@var{profile}
@itemx -p @var{profile}
Use @var{profile} instead of the user's default profile.