From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: "Konrad Hinsen" <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>,
"Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 63726@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63726: time-machine without options does not get the latest commit
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 15:32:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0qyrlm0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1fs7j2vjj.fsf@fastmail.net>
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Hi Konrad,
On ven., 26 mai 2023 at 13:15, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Should we fix the doc or should we fix the code?…
>
> I vote for fixing the doc. Two reasons:
What about this patch?
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From 63b862ed9f3d3b019af3c6926bc1737f573bdfe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <63b862ed9f3d3b019af3c6926bc1737f573bdfe6.1685093404.git.zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:26:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Reword guix time-machine without option.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix time-machine): Reword the behaviour in the
absence of any option.
---
doc/guix.texi | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 31dc33fb97..54f8a20196 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4958,16 +4958,20 @@ Invoking guix time-machine
@xref{Channels} for more information.
@end table
-As for @command{guix pull}, the absence of any options means that the
-latest commit on the master branch will be used. The command
+Similarly as @command{guix pull}, the absence of any options means that
+either the user's @file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} file, or either the
+system-wide @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} file, or either the built-in
+default channels specified in the @code{%default-channels} will be
+honored, in that order. The command
@example
guix time-machine -- build hello
@end example
-will thus build the package @code{hello} as defined in the master branch,
-which is in general a newer revision of Guix than you have installed.
-Time travel works in both directions!
+will thus build the package @code{hello} as defined by the previous
+@dfn{channels} file (@pxref{Channels}). In general, it builds a newer
+revision of Guix than you have installed. Time travel works in both
+directions!
Note that @command{guix time-machine} can trigger builds of channels and
their dependencies, and these are controlled by the standard build
base-commit: 99fc7e5dd3c9c92f9b6c2e51db9dc5b0481a56b2
prerequisite-patch-id: 7ff5f10954ba2e9663c6e7b15e7aee448c8b74c2
prerequisite-patch-id: cb31c4d7ad8d27df155dcf57b61116048a6b0681
prerequisite-patch-id: f256649d0fac1d618b07615c97c46e66436b9262
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2.38.1
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Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-30 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-25 13:52 bug#63726: time-machine without options does not get the latest commit Simon Tournier
2023-05-25 21:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-05-26 9:31 ` Simon Tournier
2023-05-26 11:15 ` Konrad Hinsen
2023-05-30 13:32 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-06-01 15:01 ` Konrad Hinsen
2023-08-11 15:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-14 10:13 ` Konrad Hinsen
2023-08-16 13:51 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 8:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-17 13:41 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-17 14:07 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-17 14:39 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-04 16:55 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-08 15:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
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