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| author | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-03-26 17:25:09 -0400 |
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| committer | Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> | 2015-04-14 10:44:19 -0400 |
| commit | d5f01e48e0810147c4f304a0e5c661e5a61e08ff (patch) | |
| tree | 933109f9e45514d610c9b701202fbcfdfe04c676 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 6915912506156868001777966ec218c8ebbe33ac (diff) | |
| download | guix-d5f01e48e0810147c4f304a0e5c661e5a61e08ff.tar.gz | |
guix package: Add '--do-not-upgrade' option.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (%options): Add the '--do-not-upgrade' option. (show-help): Document it. (options->installable): Add 'do-not-upgrade-regexps' variable. Use it in 'packages-to-upgrade'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document the '--do-not-upgrade' option.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 872caa8bf0..1bd2a841e8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -947,13 +947,23 @@ and/or output name in addition to the package name. For instance, @itemx -u [@var{regexp} @dots{}] Upgrade all the installed packages. If one or more @var{regexp}s are specified, upgrade only installed packages whose name matches a -@var{regexp}. +@var{regexp}. Also see the @code{--do-not-upgrade} option below. Note that this upgrades package to the latest version of packages found in the distribution currently installed. To update your distribution, you should regularly run @command{guix pull} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). +@item --do-not-upgrade[=@var{regexp} @dots{}] +When used together with the @code{--upgrade} option, do @emph{not} +upgrade any packages whose name matches a @var{regexp}. For example, to +upgrade all packages in the current profile except those containing the +substring ``emacs'': + +@example +$ guix package --upgrade . --do-not-upgrade emacs +@end example + @item --roll-back Roll back to the previous @dfn{generation} of the profile---i.e., undo the last transaction. |