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| author | Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> | 2022-08-28 15:00:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> | 2022-12-26 17:38:07 +0100 |
| commit | 7c476873e0300711bf92668cf01abd28f7295ead (patch) | |
| tree | d80d2c691d971e61e23f2e584ac47b4e2727d719 | |
| parent | f7eaed685842769ffa3f77b62d4d604f110e62a3 (diff) | |
| download | guix-7c476873e0300711bf92668cf01abd28f7295ead.tar.gz | |
doc: Describe how to update to a specific version.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Describe how to update to a specific version.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index efd281d9b0..e94f1c24ed 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13934,6 +13934,25 @@ gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm:40:12: 6.1.2 is already the latest version of gm @end table +If for some reason you don't want to update to the latest version, you +can update to a specific version by appending an equal sign and the +desired version number to the package specification. Note that not all +updaters support this; an error is reported when an updater cannot +refresh to the specified version. + +@example +$ guix refresh trytond-party +gnu/packages/guile.scm:392:2: guile would be upgraded from 3.0.3 to 3.0.5 +$ guix refresh -u guile=3.0.4 +@dots{} +gnu/packages/guile.scm:392:2: guile: updating from version 3.0.3 to version 3.0.4... +@dots{} +$ guix refresh -u guile@@2.0=2.0.12 +@dots{} +gnu/packages/guile.scm:147:2: guile: updating from version 2.0.10 to version 2.0.12... +@dots{} +@end example + Sometimes the upstream name differs from the package name used in Guix, and @command{guix refresh} needs a little help. Most updaters honor the @code{upstream-name} property in package definitions, which can be used |