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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/system.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm index 430815902d..a6e717d52c 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/system.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm @@ -1328,9 +1328,17 @@ argument list and OPTS is the option alist." (x (leave (G_ "wrong number of arguments~%")))))) (list-generations pattern))) ((describe) + ;; Describe the running system, which is not necessarily the current + ;; generation. /run/current-system might point to + ;; /var/guix/profiles/system-N-link, or it might point directly to + ;; /gnu/store/…-system. Try both. (match (generation-number "/run/current-system" %system-profile) (0 - (leave (G_ "no system generation, nothing to describe~%"))) + (match (generation-number %system-profile) + (0 + (leave (G_ "no system generation, nothing to describe~%"))) + (generation + (display-system-generation generation)))) (generation (display-system-generation generation)))) ((search) |