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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2023-08-11 17:09:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2023-08-15 09:38:29 -0400 |
| commit | 2884abb3df4f95cef75219435ce9c1c968068568 (patch) | |
| tree | c601ca6e7211e113c81ba7196162c92af04d2e40 /doc | |
| parent | 2279e3e60479e91838db2d7261e86e91f9891650 (diff) | |
| download | guix-2884abb3df4f95cef75219435ce9c1c968068568.tar.gz guix-2884abb3df4f95cef75219435ce9c1c968068568.zip | |
refresh: Add --target-version option.
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options): Register 'target-version' long version.
(update-specification->update-spec): Add a fallback-version argument.
(options->update-specs): Honor target-version option.
* tests/guix-refresh.sh: Test it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it.
Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 20 |
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 8469d09245..b50feed4c4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -14529,6 +14529,26 @@ gnu/packages/guile.scm:147:2: guile: updating from version 2.0.10 to version 2.0 @dots{} @end example +In some specific cases, you may have many packages specified via a +manifest or a module selection which should all be updated together; for +these cases, the @option{--target-version} option can be provided to have +them all refreshed to the same version, as shown in the examples below: + +@example +$ guix refresh qtbase qtdeclarative --target-version=6.5.2 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:1248:13: qtdeclarative would be upgraded from 6.3.2 to 6.5.2 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:584:2: qtbase would be upgraded from 6.3.2 to 6.5.2 +@end example + +@example +$ guix refresh --manifest=qt5-manifest.scm --target-version=5.15.10 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:1173:13: qtxmlpatterns would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:1202:13: qtdeclarative would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:1762:13: qtserialbus would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:2070:13: qtquickcontrols2 would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +@dots{} +@end example + 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 |