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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-01-22 17:29:35 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-01-24 21:44:55 +0100
commit4de829a2230f6b5867207d3f722d393884f65057 (patch)
tree13686461289dcf6977a185dfe59b479e823e6650
parent898e137fc8eea07b0f845a0d0079980635656df1 (diff)
doc: Clarify that package transformations are preserved across upgrades.
Reported by pineapples on #guix. This is a followup to 8e1907a72430aa989125b053573ef0897c480697. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Remove sentence that says that package transformations are lost upon upgrading and explicitly say the opposite.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4a20b3b902..7e7c43286f 100644
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@@ -3576,11 +3576,8 @@ Consequently, this command must be used with care.
Finally, since @command{guix package} may actually start build
processes, it supports all the common build options (@pxref{Common Build
Options}). It also supports package transformation options, such as
-@option{--with-source} (@pxref{Package Transformation Options}).
-However, note that package transformations are lost when upgrading; to
-preserve transformations across upgrades, you should define your own
-package variant in a Guile module and add it to @env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
-(@pxref{Defining Packages}).
+@option{--with-source}, and preserves them across upgrades
+(@pxref{Package Transformation Options}).
@node Substitutes
@section Substitutes