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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-12-19 15:07:58 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-12-19 17:51:00 +0100
commit7fcf2a0b94ce3316611be959bc9e78d9ac962b89 (patch)
tree049527146a6da490717e6613704df50e9834e98d
parentb2ff76a0106a4f5a91c63d75627b64a53b7b31d4 (diff)
doc: Make 'guix pull' more visible.
Suggested by Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>. Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25139>. * doc/guix.texi (Installation): Mention 'guix pull'. (Proceeding with the Installation): Mention updates with 'guix pull' and 'guix system reconfigure'. (Invoking guix pull): Add "updating" to the concept index.
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@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
359usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your 359usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
360system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched. 360system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
361 361
362Once installed, Guix can be updated by running @command{guix pull}
363(@pxref{Invoking guix pull}).
364
362@menu 365@menu
363* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time! 366* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
364* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix. 367* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
@@ -2308,6 +2311,7 @@ this option is primarily useful when the daemon was running with
2308@section Invoking @command{guix pull} 2311@section Invoking @command{guix pull}
2309 2312
2310@cindex upgrading Guix 2313@cindex upgrading Guix
2314@cindex updating Guix
2311@cindex @command{guix pull} 2315@cindex @command{guix pull}
2312@cindex pull 2316@cindex pull
2313Packages are installed or upgraded to the latest version available in 2317Packages are installed or upgraded to the latest version available in
@@ -6949,6 +6953,14 @@ initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
6949unless your configuration specifies otherwise 6953unless your configuration specifies otherwise
6950(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}). 6954(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
6951 6955
6956@cindex upgrading GuixSD
6957From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running
6958@command{guix pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and
6959then running @command{guix system reconfigure} to build a new system
6960generation with the latest packages and services (@pxref{Invoking guix
6961system}). We recommend doing that regularly so that your system
6962includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
6963
6952Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on 6964Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
6953@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so 6965@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
6954good. 6966good.