Merge branch 'master' into core-updates

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 25c08b9f06..738fdf65ca 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2039,6 +2039,16 @@ variable, even though, taken individually, neither @file{foo} nor
 @itemx -p @var{profile}
 Use @var{profile} instead of the user's default profile.
 
+@cindex collisions, in a profile
+@cindex colliding packages in profiles
+@cindex profile collisions
+@item --allow-collisions
+Allow colliding packages in the new profile.  Use at your own risk!
+
+By default, @command{guix package} reports as an error @dfn{collisions}
+in the profile.  Collisions happen when two or more different versions
+or variants of a given package end up in the profile.
+
 @item --verbose
 Produce verbose output.  In particular, emit the build log of the
 environment on the standard error port.
@@ -8325,10 +8335,10 @@ ifconfig @var{interface} up
 To configure wireless networking, you can create a configuration file
 for the @command{wpa_supplicant} configuration tool (its location is not
 important) using one of the available text editors such as
-@command{zile}:
+@command{nano}:
 
 @example
-zile wpa_supplicant.conf
+nano wpa_supplicant.conf
 @end example
 
 As an example, the following stanza can go to this file and will work
@@ -8509,8 +8519,10 @@ builds to @file{/gnu/store} which, initially, is an in-memory file system.
 
 Next, you have to edit a file and
 provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed.  To
-that end, the installation system comes with three text editors: GNU nano
-(@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), GNU Zile (an Emacs clone), and
+that end, the installation system comes with three text editors.  We
+recommend GNU nano (@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), which
+supports syntax highlighting and parentheses matching; other editors
+include GNU Zile (an Emacs clone), and
 nvi (a clone of the original BSD @command{vi} editor).
 We strongly recommend storing that file on the target root file system, say,
 as @file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}.  Failing to do that, you will have lost your
@@ -8526,7 +8538,7 @@ something along these lines:
 @example
 # mkdir /mnt/etc
 # cp /etc/configuration/desktop.scm /mnt/etc/config.scm
-# zile /mnt/etc/config.scm
+# nano /mnt/etc/config.scm
 @end example
 
 You should pay attention to what your configuration file contains, and