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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi10
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/package.scm13
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index fdddcc52c3..9eb67ecd01 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -608,7 +608,9 @@ suggest setting these variables to @code{@var{profile}/include} and
@item --list-generations[=@var{pattern}]
@itemx -l [@var{pattern}]
-Return a list of generations along with their creation dates.
+Return a list of generations along with their creation dates; for each
+generation, show the installed packages, with the most recently
+installed packages shown last.
For each installed package, print the following items, separated by
tabs: the name of a package, its version string, the part of the package
@@ -692,9 +694,9 @@ version: 7.2alpha6
@item --list-installed[=@var{regexp}]
@itemx -I [@var{regexp}]
-List currently installed packages in the specified profile. When
-@var{regexp} is specified, list only installed packages whose name
-matches @var{regexp}.
+List the currently installed packages in the specified profile, with the
+most recently installed packages shown last. When @var{regexp} is
+specified, list only installed packages whose name matches @var{regexp}.
For each installed package, print the following items, separated by
tabs: the package name, its version string, the part of the package that
diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index c0cedcd4a8..1d00e39540 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -965,9 +965,12 @@ more information.~%"))
((name version output location _)
(format #t " ~a\t~a\t~a\t~a~%"
name version output location)))
- (manifest-packages
- (profile-manifest
- (format #f "~a-~a-link" profile number))))
+
+ ;; Show most recently installed packages last.
+ (reverse
+ (manifest-packages
+ (profile-manifest
+ (format #f "~a-~a-link" profile number)))))
(newline)))
(cond ((not (file-exists? profile)) ; XXX: race condition
@@ -994,7 +997,9 @@ more information.~%"))
(regexp-exec regexp name))
(format #t "~a\t~a\t~a\t~a~%"
name (or version "?") output path))))
- installed)
+
+ ;; Show most recently installed packages last.
+ (reverse installed))
#t))
(('list-available regexp)