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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3222a64085..99c10d8dc7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4211,8 +4211,12 @@ gnu/packages/glib.scm:77:12: glib would be upgraded from 2.34.3 to 2.37.0 @end example It does so by browsing each package's FTP directory and determining the -highest version number of the source tarballs -therein@footnote{Currently, this only works for GNU packages.}. +highest version number of the source tarballs therein. The command +knows how to update specific types of packages: GNU packages, ELPA +packages, etc.---see the documentation for @option{--type} below. The +are many packages, though, for which it lacks a method to determine +whether a new upstream release is available. However, the mechanism is +extensible, so feel free to get in touch with us to add a new method! When passed @code{--update}, it modifies distribution source files to update the version numbers and source tarball hashes of those packages' @@ -4257,6 +4261,29 @@ The @code{non-core} subset refers to the remaining packages. It is typically useful in cases where an update of the core packages would be inconvenient. +@item --type=@var{updater} +@itemx -t @var{updater} +Select only packages handled by @var{updater}. Currently, @var{updater} +may be one of: + +@table @code +@item gnu +the updater for GNU packages; +@item elpa +the updater for @uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages; +@item cran +the updater fro @uref{http://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN} packages. +@end table + +For instance, the following commands only checks for updates of Emacs +packages hosted at @code{elpa.gnu.org} and updates of CRAN packages: + +@example +$ guix refresh -t elpa -t cran +gnu/packages/statistics.scm:819:13: r-testthat would be upgraded from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 +gnu/packages/emacs.scm:856:13: emacs-auctex would be upgraded from 11.88.6 to 11.88.9 +@end example + @end table In addition, @command{guix refresh} can be passed one or more package |