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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2015-10-07 23:55:17 -0400
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2015-10-07 23:55:17 -0400
commit319fe79dd01e03c4ef61311c336bcd77e1133f02 (patch)
treec169d85b429a801fdc22ce27c25b7e4230eb320a /doc/guix.texi
parent9511de1ef8c59788f2c93ae6b0cb1e87e30824ab (diff)
parenta606ed89d4e3737beec2f3392bedba61904778f4 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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@@ -4154,7 +4154,14 @@ The following options are supported:
@item --update
@itemx -u
-Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place.
+Update distribution source files (package recipes) in place. This is
+usually run from a checkout of the Guix source tree (@pxref{Running
+Guix Before It Is Installed}):
+
+@example
+$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -s non-core
+@end example
+
@xref{Defining Packages}, for more information on package definitions.
@item --select=[@var{subset}]
@@ -4179,7 +4186,7 @@ In addition, @command{guix refresh} can be passed one or more package
names, as in this example:
@example
-guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4
+$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u emacs idutils gcc-4.8.4
@end example
@noindent