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04/05: doc: Clarify how to run 'guix refresh -u'.
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
04/05: doc: Clarify how to run 'guix refresh -u'. |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:51:14 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 38e16b49073dd9ea81c3320a84708c4b4d7c60e6
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Tue Oct 6 23:35:50 2015 +0200
doc: Clarify how to run 'guix refresh -u'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention ./pre-inst-env.
---
doc/guix.texi | 11 +++++++++--
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6a3765f..6da7281 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4132,7 +4132,14 @@ The following options are supported:
@item --update
@itemx -u
-Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place.
+Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place. This is
+usually run from a checkout of the Guix source tree (@pxref{Running
+Guix Before It Is Installed}):
+
address@hidden
+$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -s non-core
address@hidden example
+
@xref{Defining Packages}, for more information on package definitions.
@item address@hidden
@@ -4157,7 +4164,7 @@ In addition, @command{guix refresh} can be passed one or
more package
names, as in this example:
@example
-guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4
+$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4
@end example
@noindent