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| author | Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> | 2015-11-02 23:34:16 +0800 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-11-03 09:56:48 +0100 |
| commit | ef54b61dc6f67712c8a448b5fb17767b6b886ba4 (patch) | |
| tree | ed7bf9070f49ad7c4a4714251bfad7a7f8b64353 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | dc57d527aee4eb18ec5fb345f90d6637bbd1a4d2 (diff) | |
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doc: './pre-inst-env guix pull' won't upgrade local source tree.
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Clarify
'./pre-inst-env guix pull' won't upgrade local source tree.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention ~/.config/guix/latest.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3afa496ea3..836a0b4e0e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1814,7 +1814,9 @@ On completion, @command{guix package} will use packages and package versions from this just-retrieved copy of Guix. Not only that, but all the Guix commands and Scheme modules will also be taken from that latest version. New @command{guix} sub-commands added by the update also -become available. +become available@footnote{Under the hood, @command{guix pull} updates +the @file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest +Guix, and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}. The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments, but it supports the following options: |