From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Updating Packages Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:52:24 +0200 Message-ID: <8736mh9z53.fsf@nckx> References: <87d0ln9kb5.fsf@nckx> <0d7504fdf7ec27bfed13ac504f8365f4@disroot.org> <1502c5dbf040de32c954bb83875ab869@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49945) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGZka-0003cl-Mm for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:52:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGZkV-0003og-V3 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:52:36 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:60292) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGZkU-0003n8-1b for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:52:31 -0400 In-reply-to: <1502c5dbf040de32c954bb83875ab869@disroot.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Raghav Gururajan Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Raghav Gururajan wrote: > I had an idea/suggestion. How about adding "guix system -u"=20 > feature to guix? So the difference between "guix system=20 > reconfigure" and "guix system -u" would be; the former does the=20 > reconfiguration cum upgrade process whereas the latter does just=20 > the upgrade process to system packages in the existing=20 > configuration. But this arbitrary distinction doesn't make sense. The system configuration file is a configuration file. Like any=20 other configuration file on your system, if you edit it and then=20 invoke a new =E2=80=99guix system=E2=80=99, Guix will use the current versi= on of=20 that configuration, not silently fall back to an out-of-date copy.=20 That's how config files work. Unless you're sendmail, and nobody wants to be sendmail. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXLaG2AAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eVA7AQClGusFW0tolzzn75SDQjEswunyvlzEmBY/czrvYzwLTQEA0K0QN608u4z2 nnRm40yER5MegS4UlbtQGQL/120rCQM= =cQeV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--