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authorChris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>2017-01-29 20:40:34 -0800
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-02-01 23:53:35 +0100
commit5e2017ed88636b8a163add3403f8978bd5b2a732 (patch)
treeedeb91693af967ea7f4814055f926ee95eb06815
parent93897a4538af1aa849f186d8d34013232c6f9666 (diff)
downloadguix-5e2017ed88636b8a163add3403f8978bd5b2a732.tar.gz
doc: Clarify that 'guix pull' can't be easily rolled back.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Clarify that 'guix pull' can't be
  easily rolled back.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index fb0bbc04bb..9a657c18f8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2337,7 +2337,9 @@ instance, when user @code{root} runs @command{guix pull}, this has no
 effect on the version of Guix that user @code{alice} sees, and vice
 versa@footnote{Under the hood, @command{guix pull} updates the
 @file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest Guix,
-and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
+and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.  Currently, the
+only way to roll back an invocation of @command{guix pull} is to
+manually update this symlink to point to the previous Guix.}.
 
 The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments,
 but it supports the following options: