* Possible error in the manual?
@ 2014-09-22 19:48 Nate Bargmann
2014-09-23 10:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Nate Bargmann @ 2014-09-22 19:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Reading through the Guix manual I am in section "3.2 Invoking guix
package" and tried the --show=package option. I receive the following
error from Guix:
$ guix package --show=emacs
guix package error: show=emacs: unrecognized option
Running 'guix package --help' indeed shows no option named '--show'.
Running 'guix --version' returns "guix (GNU Guix) 0.7" ...
Does the online Guix manual reflect unreleased features found only in
the repository? Or is this a superseded option and the manual is
lagging a bit?
- Nate
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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* Re: Possible error in the manual?
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
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-09-23 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nate Bargmann; +Cc: guix-devel
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> skribis:
> Reading through the Guix manual I am in section "3.2 Invoking guix
> package" and tried the --show=package option. I receive the following
> error from Guix:
>
> $ guix package --show=emacs
> guix package error: show=emacs: unrecognized option
>
> Running 'guix package --help' indeed shows no option named '--show'.
> Running 'guix --version' returns "guix (GNU Guix) 0.7" ...
Could it be that this is actually a pre-0.7 installation? Or perhaps
~/.config/guix/latest points to a pre-0.7 version? This option appeared
in 0.7.
> Does the online Guix manual reflect unreleased features found only in
> the repository? Or is this a superseded option and the manual is
> lagging a bit?
The on-line manual corresponds to the latest release, currently 0.7.
HTH,
Ludo’.
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* Re: Possible error in the manual?
2014-09-23 10:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2014-09-23 11:21 ` Nate Bargmann
2014-09-23 12:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Nate Bargmann @ 2014-09-23 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
* On 2014 23 Sep 05:09 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> skribis:
>
> > Running 'guix --version' returns "guix (GNU Guix) 0.7" ...
>
> Could it be that this is actually a pre-0.7 installation? Or perhaps
> ~/.config/guix/latest points to a pre-0.7 version? This option appeared
> in 0.7.
I double checked and Guix is reporting the version string I quoted
above. I don't see "pre-" shown anywhere.
I installed the GNU System from:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gnu-usb-install-0.7.i686.xz
which is the link (more or less) provided in the online manual.
> The on-line manual corresponds to the latest release, currently 0.7.
Thanks, Ludo.
- Nate
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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* Re: Possible error in the manual?
2014-09-23 11:21 ` Nate Bargmann
@ 2014-09-23 12:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-23 19:01 ` Nate Bargmann
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-09-23 12:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nate Bargmann; +Cc: guix-devel
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> skribis:
> * On 2014 23 Sep 05:09 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> skribis:
>>
>> > Running 'guix --version' returns "guix (GNU Guix) 0.7" ...
>>
>> Could it be that this is actually a pre-0.7 installation? Or perhaps
>> ~/.config/guix/latest points to a pre-0.7 version? This option appeared
>> in 0.7.
>
> I double checked and Guix is reporting the version string I quoted
> above. I don't see "pre-" shown anywhere.
Actually it always shows the future version number, so it cannot really
be relied on.
> I installed the GNU System from:
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gnu-usb-install-0.7.i686.xz
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)
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. ;-)
Ludo’.
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* Re: Possible error in the manual?
2014-09-23 12:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2014-09-23 19:01 ` Nate Bargmann
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From: Nate Bargmann @ 2014-09-23 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
* 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
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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