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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 11664f46f2..65f00ce0b1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -9211,17 +9211,23 @@ running GuixSD.}. This effects all the configuration specified in @var{file}: user accounts, system services, global package list, setuid programs, etc. +The command starts system services specified in @var{file} that are not +currently running; if a service is currently running, it does not +attempt to upgrade it since it would not be possible without stopping it +first. It also adds a GRUB menu entry for the new OS configuration, and moves entries for older configurations to a submenu---unless @option{--no-grub} is passed. +@quotation Note @c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at @c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>. It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run @command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix once @command{reconfigure} has completed. +@end quotation @item build Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the |