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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-03-05 20:30:27 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-03-05 20:35:47 +0100
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guix package: Inform about new upstream versions of GNU packages.
* guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (gnu-package?): New procedure. * guix/scripts/package.scm (waiting): New macro. (check-package-freshness): New procedure. (guix-package)[process-actions]: Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention the feature.
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@@ -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.