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authorCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2013-04-15 23:23:27 +0200
committerCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2013-04-16 23:12:29 +0200
commitacb6ba256703da1db1d300541e15a4e7428f622b (patch)
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parent0160536dcb5399ad7d80b10e064df5c95f3adb4f (diff)
downloadguix-acb6ba256703da1db1d300541e15a4e7428f622b.tar.gz
package: allow users to upgrade the whole system by not providing a regexp.
* guix/scripts/packages.scm (guix-package) [process-actions]: When upgrading,
use "" when REGEXP is #f.
* doc/guix.texi: update the documentation accordingly.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c91bc2021d..b77335d2c2 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -537,9 +537,10 @@ multiple-output package.
 @itemx -r @var{package}
 Remove @var{package}.
 
-@item --upgrade=@var{regexp}
-@itemx -u @var{regexp}
-Upgrade all the installed packages matching @var{regexp}.
+@item --upgrade[=@var{regexp}]
+@itemx -u [@var{regexp}]
+Upgrade all the installed packages.  When @var{regexp} is specified, upgrade
+only installed packages whose name matches @var{regexp}.
 
 Note that this upgrades package to the latest version of packages found
 in the distribution currently installed.  To update your distribution,