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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a07c277e70..1be172c3f6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ Thus, when installing MPC, the MPFR and GMP libraries also get installed in the profile; removing MPC also removes MPFR and GMP---unless they had also been explicitly installed independently. +@c XXX: keep me up-to-date +Besides, when installing a GNU package, the tool reports the +availability of a newer upstream version. In the future, it may provide +the option of installing directly from the upstream version, even if +that version is not yet in the distribution. + @item --install-from-expression=@var{exp} @itemx -e @var{exp} Install the package @var{exp} evaluates to. |