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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-07 22:47:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-07 22:47:32 +0200 |
| commit | 391bdd8f7f6db2873647e566f5a5570b4eb59c62 (patch) | |
| tree | 06dd91cd907afc5fe3f4847db4748a33e39e02de /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 710b4928c85f0b489608fce30142842db17ce1b0 (diff) | |
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doc: Mention that the current generation is not deleted.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention that the current
generation is not deleted. This is a followup to d26eb84.
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f1dea45f1d..85e8243015 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1142,9 +1142,8 @@ When @var{pattern} is specified, delete the matching generations. When specified duration match. For instance, @code{--delete-generations=1m} deletes generations that are more than one month old. -If the current generation matches, it is deleted atomically---i.e., by -switching to the previous available generation. Note that the zeroth -generation is never deleted. +If the current generation matches, it is @emph{not} deleted. Also, the +zeroth generation is never deleted. Note that deleting generations prevents roll-back to them. Consequently, this command must be used with care. |