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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 082e81bf7c..e783c16365 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -499,18 +499,20 @@ archive content is independent of its creation time, thus making it reproducible. @item -Make @code{root}'s profile available under @file{~root/.guix-profile}: +Make the profile available under @file{~root/.config/guix/current}, which is +where @command{guix pull} will install updates (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}): @example -# ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile \ - ~root/.guix-profile +# mkdir -p ~root/.config/guix +# ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix \ + ~root/.config/guix/current @end example Source @file{etc/profile} to augment @code{PATH} and other relevant environment variables: @example -# GUIX_PROFILE="`echo ~root`/.guix-profile" ; \ +# GUIX_PROFILE="`echo ~root`/.config/guix/current" ; \ source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile @end example @@ -532,8 +534,8 @@ with these commands: @c http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html @example -# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ - /etc/systemd/system/ +# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ + /etc/systemd/system/ # systemctl start guix-daemon && systemctl enable guix-daemon @end example @@ -541,14 +543,16 @@ If your host distro uses the Upstart init system: @example # initctl reload-configuration -# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/ +# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf \ + /etc/init/ # start guix-daemon @end example Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with: @example -# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild +# ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon \ + --build-users-group=guixbuild @end example @item @@ -558,7 +562,7 @@ for instance with: @example # mkdir -p /usr/local/bin # cd /usr/local/bin -# ln -s /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/bin/guix +# ln -s /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix @end example It is also a good idea to make the Info version of this manual available @@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ there: @example # mkdir -p /usr/local/share/info # cd /usr/local/share/info -# for i in /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/share/info/* ; +# for i in /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/share/info/* ; do ln -s $i ; done @end example @@ -582,7 +586,8 @@ To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} or one of its mirrors (@pxref{Substitutes}), authorize them: @example -# guix archive --authorize < ~root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub +# guix archive --authorize < \ + ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub @end example @item @@ -616,7 +621,8 @@ make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz ... which, in turn, runs: @example -guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir guix +guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir \ + --profile-name=current-guix guix @end example @xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool. @@ -641,7 +647,7 @@ later, including 2.2.x; (@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}); @item -@uref{https://notabug.org/civodul/guile-sqlite3, Guile-SQLite3}, version 0.1.0 +@uref{https://notabug.org/guile-sqlite3/guile-sqlite3, Guile-SQLite3}, version 0.1.0 or later; @item @c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made. @@ -3273,7 +3279,12 @@ produce human-readable output; @item channels produce a list of channel specifications that can be passed to @command{guix pull -C} or installed as @file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} (@pxref{Invoking -guix pull}). +guix pull}); +@item json +@cindex JSON +produce a list of channel specifications in JSON format; +@item recutils +produce a list of channel specifications in Recutils format. @end table @item --profile=@var{profile} @@ -3483,8 +3494,11 @@ For instance, @code{-S /opt/gnu/bin=bin} creates a @file{/opt/gnu/bin} symlink pointing to the @file{bin} sub-directory of the profile. @item --localstatedir -Include the ``local state directory'', @file{/var/guix}, in the -resulting pack. +@itemx --profile-name=@var{name} +Include the ``local state directory'', @file{/var/guix}, in the resulting +pack, and notably the @file{/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/@var{name}} +profile---by default @var{name} is @code{guix-profile}, which corresponds to +@file{~root/.guix-profile}. @file{/var/guix} contains the store database (@pxref{The Store}) as well as garbage-collector roots (@pxref{Invoking guix gc}). Providing it in |