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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-17 18:44:43 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-17 18:58:38 +0100
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doc: Suggest using 'guix pull' before 'guix system reconfigure'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Suggest running 'guix pull' before the first use of 'guix system reconfigure'.
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@@ -4343,6 +4343,13 @@ 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.
+@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.
+
@item build
Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the
configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system.