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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-02-24 22:11:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-02-24 23:24:33 +0100 |
| commit | cb05108a5d69341da9d0478c5d1609e263cc38d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bc5f88c9b89f7dcd37d3cf54704815a02e68dfb /doc | |
| parent | 85267efb2ab6d274d6193928efaee10f97895134 (diff) | |
| download | guix-cb05108a5d69341da9d0478c5d1609e263cc38d6.tar.gz | |
doc: Clarify who can run 'guix pull'.
Suggested by Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Add paragraph explaining that any user can run 'guix pull'.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ccbab2cb30..1052f0846d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1992,9 +1992,15 @@ On completion, @command{guix package} will use packages and package versions from this just-retrieved copy of Guix. Not only that, but all the Guix commands and Scheme modules will also be taken from that latest version. New @command{guix} sub-commands added by the update also -become available@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.}. +become available. + +Any user can update their Guix copy using @command{guix pull}, and the +effect is limited to the user who run @command{guix pull}. For +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.}. The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments, but it supports the following options: |