From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Needs enhancement: "is my guix current?" Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:54:17 +0100 Message-ID: <877etsqf7q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tvwwqkne.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40935) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOk4n-0004fi-1C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:54:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOk4i-0005UY-6c for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:54:25 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:53080) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOk4i-0005Si-04 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:54:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87tvwwqkne.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Vong's message of "Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:56:53 +0800") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Alex Vong Cc: guix-devel Hi, Alex Vong skribis: > I think if you never run 'guix refresh', then the guix installed should > always be newer than the guix known to guix. I think you mean =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99, in which case I agree. (=E2=80=98guix refresh=E2=80=99 is more of a developer tool: it simplifies = updating package definitions.) Ludo=E2=80=99.