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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 |