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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/package-management.scm | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm index 48d02f573a..a223764720 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm @@ -115,13 +115,23 @@ arch "-linux" "/20131110/guile-2.0.9.tar.xz")))) +;; NOTE: The commit IDs used here form a linked list threaded through the git +;; history. In a phenomenon known as boot-stripping, not only the head of this +;; list is used, but also a few older versions, when a guix from this package is +;; used to build something also depending on guix. +;; +;; Therefore, if, by accident, you set this package to a non-existent commit ID, +;; it is insufficient to simply correct it with the latest commit. +;; Instead, please push one commit that rolls back Guix to before the mistake, +;; and then another that points to the first one. That way, the faulty commit +;; won't appear on the linked list. (define-public guix ;; Latest version of Guix, which may or may not correspond to a release. ;; Note: the 'update-guix-package.scm' script expects this definition to ;; start precisely like this. (let ((version "1.1.0") - (commit "29d3569c9c712d70466d9175474c8fd1a3262234") - (revision 21)) + (commit "4b5a6fbc9b754c0ca70d033dd99f17c4f028733a") + (revision 22)) (package (name "guix") |