From 2340158e5454cbb3050840821bf0fd1965d2fe79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:28:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention "guix pull" during installation. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Add "guix pull". --- doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 46ed451..cda90ed 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6863,6 +6863,14 @@ rather than kept in memory. This is necessary because the first phase of the @command{guix system init} command (see below) entails downloads or builds to @file{/gnu/store} which, initially, is an in-memory file system. +At this point it is advisable to update the system, especially if the +installer is more than a few weeks old. Then most, if not all, packages +will be available as substitutes. + address@hidden +guix pull address@hidden example + Next, you have to edit a file and provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed. To that end, the installation system comes with three text editors: GNU nano -- 2.10.1