bug#31786: 'pre-inst-env guix --version' is not updated by new commits"

[myglc2]

On 06/16/2018 at 00:24 Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> Proposed (revised) footnote:
>>>
>>> (3) The Guix version in the Guix build is set by './bootstrap'. Thus,
>>> the version reported by './pre-inst-env guix --version' is not updated
>>> by subsequent 'git pull; make' steps. To update the version (and rebuild
>>> everything), use 'git clean -dfx; ./bootstrap; ./configure; make'.
>>
>> I’m wary of adding this for similar reasons that Ludo wrote earlier.  In
>> my opinion this ends up cluttering the manual with notes and what I
>> consider to be only tangentially relevant for readers of the manual.
>
> An alternative might be to change the output of “guix --version” in the
> presence of GUIX_UNINSTALLED, which is set by “pre-inst-env”.  This
> could be a simple change in “show-version-and-exit” that would use
> something other than “%guix-version” when GUIX_UNINSTALLED is set.
>
> What do others think?
>
> --
> Ricardo

I like it.