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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-11-02 00:01:35 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-11-02 00:01:35 +0100
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doc: Document the syntax of the '--remove' argument.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document the syntax of
  '--remove' patterns.
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@@ -540,6 +540,11 @@ multiple-output package.
 @itemx -r @var{package}
 Remove @var{package}.
 
+As for @code{--install}, @var{package} may specify a version number
+and/or output name in addition to the package name.  For instance,
+@code{-r glibc:debug} would remove the @code{debug} output of
+@code{glibc}.
+
 @item --upgrade[=@var{regexp}]
 @itemx -u [@var{regexp}]
 Upgrade all the installed packages.  When @var{regexp} is specified, upgrade