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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 648f3e50bd..594aca731a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3488,8 +3488,11 @@ For instance, @code{-S /opt/gnu/bin=bin} creates a @file{/opt/gnu/bin} symlink pointing to the @file{bin} sub-directory of the profile. @item --localstatedir -Include the ``local state directory'', @file{/var/guix}, in the -resulting pack. +@itemx --profile-name=@var{name} +Include the ``local state directory'', @file{/var/guix}, in the resulting +pack, and notably the @file{/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/@var{name}} +profile---by default @var{name} is @code{guix-profile}, which corresponds to +@file{~root/.guix-profile}. @file{/var/guix} contains the store database (@pxref{The Store}) as well as garbage-collector roots (@pxref{Invoking guix gc}). Providing it in |