From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Dec 08 10:28:26 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2016 15:28:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34699 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cU-0002wH-HO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:26 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58348) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cT-0002vw-AE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cM-0007Da-Tv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:20 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:41586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cM-0007DW-Qw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:18 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49314) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cL-0007I8-S4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cI-0007Ck-MP for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:17 -0500 Received: from bhsophx.liv.ac.uk ([138.253.100.116]:43450) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cI-0007Az-GE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:28:14 -0500 Received: from bhsophx.liv.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id D54E9C01E1 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxe.liv.ac.uk (mxe.liv.ac.uk [138.253.100.159]) by bhsophx.liv.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF433C039A for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhubd.liv.ac.uk ([138.253.100.81]) by mxe.liv.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cF-00047K-Ew for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mailhubd.liv.ac.uk) by mailhubd.liv.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cF-0004r0-E3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 Received: from pc102091.liv.ac.uk ([138.253.102.91] helo=albion) by mailhubd.liv.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cF-0004qu-94 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 Received: from dlove by albion with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0cF-0000vx-3G for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 From: Dave Love To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: making the update procedure more obvious Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000 Message-ID: <874m2e7850.fsf@pc102091.liv.ac.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Draft-From: ("nntp+news.gmane.org:gmane.comp.clustering.open-mpi.user") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) It's not very obvious to a newcomer how to update to a new release as it's rather buried in the doc. I think it would help to reference "pull" in the installation section of the manual, and maybe in release announcements, and to index "upgrading" and/or "upgrades" in the manual. I'm not sure it's worth me suggesting a patch, but I could if it helps. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 19 09:10:02 2016 Received: (at 25139-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Dec 2016 14:10:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46972 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIydd-0001Si-MF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:10:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57083) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIydc-0001SL-K0 for 25139-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:10:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIydW-00036M-CR for 25139-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:09:55 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIydQ-000348-9P; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:09:48 -0500 Received: from pluto.bordeaux.inria.fr ([193.50.110.57]:37720 helo=pluto) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cIydP-0000SJ-K3; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:09:47 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Dave Love Subject: Re: bug#25139: making the update procedure more obvious References: <874m2e7850.fsf@pc102091.liv.ac.uk> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 29 Frimaire an 225 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:09:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: <874m2e7850.fsf@pc102091.liv.ac.uk> (Dave Love's message of "Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:28:11 +0000") Message-ID: <87twa03t92.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -8.1 (--------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25139-done Cc: 25139-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -8.1 (--------) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Hi, Dave Love skribis: > It's not very obvious to a newcomer how to update to a new release as > it's rather buried in the doc. I think it would help to reference > "pull" in the installation section of the manual, and maybe in release > announcements, and to index "upgrading" and/or "upgrades" in the manual. > I'm not sure it's worth me suggesting a patch, but I could if it helps. I made these changes: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch Content-Disposition: inline modified doc/guix.texi @@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories, usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched. +Once installed, Guix can be updated by running @command{guix pull} +(@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). + @menu * Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time! * Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix. @@ -2308,6 +2311,7 @@ this option is primarily useful when the daemon was running with @section Invoking @command{guix pull} @cindex upgrading Guix +@cindex updating Guix @cindex @command{guix pull} @cindex pull Packages are installed or upgraded to the latest version available in @@ -6949,6 +6953,14 @@ initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root}, unless your configuration specifies otherwise (@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}). +@cindex upgrading GuixSD +From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running +@command{guix pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and +then running @command{guix system reconfigure} to build a new system +generation with the latest packages and services (@pxref{Invoking guix +system}). We recommend doing that regularly so that your system +includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}). + Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on @file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so good. --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks! Ludo=E2=80=99. --=-=-=-- From unknown Mon Aug 18 15:38:41 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:24:03 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator