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Guix snapshot version in the download URL

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From: Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft <at> uq.edu.au>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Guix snapshot version in the download URL
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:38:17 +1000

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Hi,

At 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation 
the binary download link is

|ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.13.0.314-a8d0c.system.tar.xz|

|Unfortunately, this link does not exist even after the system is 
replaced with the correct string. The '||.314-a8d0c' needs to be 
removed. The relevant section in doc/guix.texi is:|

|Download the binary tarball from
@indicateurl{ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz},
where @var{system} is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine
already running the kernel Linux, and so on.
|

|Is there some way to replace VERSION with the stable version?|

|Thanks, ben
|

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From: ng0 <ng0 <at> infotropique.org>
To: Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft <at> uq.edu.au>
Cc: 28355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28355: Guix snapshot version in the download URL
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:40:17 +0000

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Ben Woodcroft transcribed 2.4K bytes:
> Hi,
> 
> At https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation
> the binary download link is
> 
> |ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.13.0.314-a8d0c.system.tar.xz|
> 
> |Unfortunately, this link does not exist even after the system is replaced
> with the correct string. The '||.314-a8d0c' needs to be removed. The
> relevant section in doc/guix.texi is:|
> 
> |Download the binary tarball from
> @indicateurl{ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz},
> where @var{system} is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine
> already running the kernel Linux, and so on.
> |
> 
> |Is there some way to replace VERSION with the stable version?|
> 
> |Thanks, ben
> |
> 

I think we could just define @RELEASE_VERSION and use that for the link.
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