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| author | Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> | 2018-12-19 22:08:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> | 2018-12-24 12:19:17 +0200 |
| commit | c39491829a0c1d870f8133b8f7a699152fc71503 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c8f8a8a92f9f708a3bf0e2bccada6f10719442c /doc | |
| parent | 19dd523c9934f10056c4e591e47e4768a9c5ff79 (diff) | |
scripts: refresh: Allow searching recursively.
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (refresh-recursive, list-transitive): New
procedures.
(show-help): Document it.
(guix-refresh): Add flags and checks for new options.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document new options.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2553ba7fe0..514ee3e6a8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7392,6 +7392,22 @@ 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! +@table @code + +@item --recursive +Consider the packages specified, and all the packages upon which they depend. + +@example +$ guix refresh --recursive coreutils +gnu/packages/acl.scm:35:2: warning: no updater for acl +gnu/packages/m4.scm:30:12: info: 1.4.18 is already the latest version of m4 +gnu/packages/xml.scm:68:2: warning: no updater for expat +gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm:40:12: info: 6.1.2 is already the latest version of gmp +@dots{} +@end example + +@end table + Sometimes the upstream name differs from the package name used in Guix, and @command{guix refresh} needs a little help. Most updaters honor the @code{upstream-name} property in package definitions, which can be used @@ -7565,6 +7581,22 @@ hop@@2.4.0 geiser@@0.4 notmuch@@0.18 mu@@0.9.9.5 cflow@@1.4 idutils@@4.6 @dots{} The command above lists a set of packages that could be built to check for compatibility with an upgraded @code{flex} package. +@table @code + +@item --list-transitive +List all the packages which one or more packages depend upon. + +@example +$ guix refresh --list-transitive flex +flex@2.6.4 depends on the following 25 packages: perl@5.28.0 help2man@1.47.6 +bison@3.0.5 indent@2.2.10 tar@1.30 gzip@1.9 bzip2@1.0.6 xz@5.2.4 file@5.33 @dote{} +@end example + +@end table + +The command above lists a set of packages which, when changed, would cause +@code{flex} to be rebuilt. + The following options can be used to customize GnuPG operation: @table @code |