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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9cb1431bf1..80149326c1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -491,9 +491,10 @@ Install @var{package}. @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}. 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}. +such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. 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}. @cindex propagated inputs Sometimes packages have @dfn{propagated inputs}: these are dependencies |