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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/package.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/guix-package.sh | 3 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 90016a4496..442cef26da 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -583,9 +583,8 @@ When combined with options such as @code{--install}, roll back occurs before any other actions. When rolling back from the first generation that actually contains -installed packages, the profile is made to point to the @dfn{empty -profile}, also known as @dfn{profile zero}---i.e., it contains no files -apart from its own meta-data. +installed packages, the profile is made to point to the @dfn{zeroth +generation}, which contains no files apart from its own meta-data. Installing, removing, or upgrading packages from a generation that has been rolled back to overwrites previous future generations. Thus, the @@ -683,7 +682,8 @@ Multiple Outputs}), and the source location of its definition. @itemx -l [@var{pattern}] Return a list of generations along with their creation dates; for each generation, show the installed packages, with the most recently -installed packages shown last. +installed packages shown last. Note that the zeroth generation is never +shown. For each installed package, print the following items, separated by tabs: the name of a package, its version string, the part of the package diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm index 1f21890fcd..dab3d5bb0c 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/package.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ more information.~%")) (match (assoc-ref opts 'query) (('list-generations pattern) (define (list-generation number) - (begin + (unless (zero? number) (format #t (_ "Generation ~a\t~a~%") number (date->string (time-utc->date diff --git a/tests/guix-package.sh b/tests/guix-package.sh index f1f7ee6c7d..7130926404 100644 --- a/tests/guix-package.sh +++ b/tests/guix-package.sh @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ then test "`readlink_base "$profile"`" = "$profile-0-link" done + # Test that '--list-generations' does not output the zeroth generation. + test -z "`guix package -p "$profile" -l 0`" + # Reinstall after roll-back to the empty profile. guix package --bootstrap -p "$profile" -e "$boot_make" test "`readlink_base "$profile"`" = "$profile-1-link" |