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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages.scm | 12 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ad572365a8..69d65998c5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -962,7 +962,10 @@ Install the specified @var{package}s. Each @var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as @code{guile}, or a package name followed by a hyphen and version number, -such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. If no version number is specified, the +such as @code{guile-1.8.8} or simply @code{guile-1.8} (in the latter +case, the newest version prefixed by @code{1.8} is selected.) + +If no version number is specified, the newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package} may contain a colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the package, as in @code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils-2.22:lib} diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm index 6ef0fb6de7..9eb4877be8 100644 --- a/gnu/packages.scm +++ b/gnu/packages.scm @@ -211,14 +211,18 @@ same package twice." (let ((packages (delay (fold-packages (lambda (p r) (vhash-cons (package-name p) p r)) - vlist-null)))) + vlist-null))) + (version>? (lambda (p1 p2) + (version>? (package-version p1) (package-version p2))))) (lambda* (name #:optional version) "Return the list of packages with the given NAME. If VERSION is not #f, -then only return packages whose version is equal to VERSION." - (let ((matching (vhash-fold* cons '() name (force packages)))) +then only return packages whose version is prefixed by VERSION, sorted in +decreasing version order." + (let ((matching (sort (vhash-fold* cons '() name (force packages)) + version>?))) (if version (filter (lambda (package) - (string=? (package-version package) version)) + (string-prefix? version (package-version package))) matching) matching))))) |