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Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, 66148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:17:51 +0200

Hi!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> skribis:

> Now that we use the latest release VERSION even for pulled Guixes,
> make it abundantly clear that this is a later build.
>
> * guix/self.scm (info-manual): @set the PULLED flag in version.texi.
> * doc/guix.texi (Top): Honour it.

Yeah, great initiative!

I wonder if we could avoid adding code to (guix self).  For instance,
we could have (guix self) leave ‘VERSION’ undefined and in the manual
we’d have those @inlineifset{VERSION, version @value{VERSION}, revision
from @command{guix pull}}.

How does that sound?

Ludo’.

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