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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4c9a91b399..5e62703380 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10244,11 +10244,14 @@ Packages}). Then, the original package definition is augmented with a (replacement bash-fixed))) @end example -From there on, any package depending directly or indirectly on Bash that -is installed will automatically be ``rewritten'' to refer to +From there on, any package depending directly or indirectly on Bash---as +reported by @command{guix gc --requisites} (@pxref{Invoking guix +gc})---that is installed is automatically ``rewritten'' to refer to @var{bash-fixed} instead of @var{bash}. This grafting process takes time proportional to the size of the package, but expect less than a -minute for an ``average'' package on a recent machine. +minute for an ``average'' package on a recent machine. Grafting is +recursive: when an indirect dependency requires grafting, then grafting +``propagates'' up to the package that the user is installing. Currently, the graft and the package it replaces (@var{bash-fixed} and @var{bash} in the example above) must have the exact same @code{name} |