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making the update procedure more obvious |
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Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 |
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It's not very obvious to a newcomer how to update to a new release as
it's rather buried in the doc. I think it would help to reference
"pull" in the installation section of the manual, and maybe in release
announcements, and to index "upgrading" and/or "upgrades" in the manual.
I'm not sure it's worth me suggesting a patch, but I could if it helps.
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Re: bug#25139: making the update procedure more obvious |
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Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:09:45 +0100 |
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Hi,
Dave Love <address@hidden> skribis:
> It's not very obvious to a newcomer how to update to a new release as
> it's rather buried in the doc. I think it would help to reference
> "pull" in the installation section of the manual, and maybe in release
> announcements, and to index "upgrading" and/or "upgrades" in the manual.
> I'm not sure it's worth me suggesting a patch, but I could if it helps.
I made these changes:
modified doc/guix.texi
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two
directories,
usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
+Once installed, Guix can be updated by running @command{guix pull}
+(@pxref{Invoking guix pull}).
+
@menu
* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
@@ -2308,6 +2311,7 @@ this option is primarily useful when the daemon was
running with
@section Invoking @command{guix pull}
@cindex upgrading Guix
address@hidden updating Guix
@cindex @command{guix pull}
@cindex pull
Packages are installed or upgraded to the latest version available in
@@ -6949,6 +6953,14 @@ initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as
@code{root},
unless your configuration specifies otherwise
(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
address@hidden upgrading GuixSD
+From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running
address@hidden pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and
+then running @command{guix system reconfigure} to build a new system
+generation with the latest packages and services (@pxref{Invoking guix
+system}). We recommend doing that regularly so that your system
+includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
+
Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.
Thanks!
Ludo’.
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