From: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Possible error in the manual?
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:01:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140923190144.GB4704@n0nb.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnq6jzoa.fsf@gnu.org>
* On 2014 23 Sep 07:22 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Be aware that version X or Guix cannot contains a package of Guix
> version X. So Guix 0.7 actually comes with a pre-0.7 snapshot. This
> should be visible in the directory name in:
>
> readlink $(type -P guix)
Embedded in the returned string is 'guix-0.6.0-'. I do recall seeing
that reference during the installation and wondering why the previous
version would be downloaded. Now I know.
> To get a newer Guix, it should be enough to run ‘guix pull’. That
> should give you the ‘--show’ options and lots of other bleeding-edge
> things. ;-)
Thanks, I will try that.
- Nate
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-23 19:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-22 19:48 Possible error in the manual? Nate Bargmann
2014-09-23 10:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-23 11:21 ` Nate Bargmann
2014-09-23 12:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-23 19:01 ` Nate Bargmann [this message]
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