bug#47213: [PATCH v2] doc: Add snippet for running 'guix refresh' on installed

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Add snippet that runs 'guix refresh'
> on all the packages installed in the current profile.
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Correct the example snippet.
> - Refer the reader to "Running Guix Before It Is Installed".
> - Add suggestion to run `guix package -i --with-latest`.
>
>  doc/guix.texi | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 410670e639..d94772d5be 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2020 John Soo@*
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jonathan Brielmaier@*
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Edgar Vincent@*
> +Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Xinglu Chen@*
>  
>  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
>  under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
> @@ -11719,8 +11720,21 @@
>  
>  @noindent
>  The command above specifically updates the @code{emacs} and
> -@code{idutils} packages.  The @option{--select} option would have no
> -effect in this case.
> +@code{idutils} packages (see @pxref{Running Guix Before It Is
> +Installed}).  The @option{--select} option would have no effect in this
> +case.
> +
> +You can also quickly update all the packages installed in the current
> +profile with the following snippet:
> +
> +@example
> +$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u $(guix package --list-installed | cut -f1)
> +@end example
> +
> +This is handy if you don't use manifests for installing packages into
> +your profile.  If you just want to install the latest version of a
> +package, run @command{guix package -i --with-latest} (see @pxref{Package
> +Transformation Options}).

I pushed a variant of this as commit
3cb1136780108aebe45794e639b4a8c06460c7e3 and related commits.

Thank you, and apologies for the delay!

Ludo’.