From 7faffdc2d53b982d8443c376d6ed2f41a13b3f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:57:10 +0200 Subject: pull: Display channel news. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (display-news-entry) (display-channel-specific-news): New procedures. (display-channel-news): Call it. (display-new/upgraded-packages): Adjust hint message. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention it. --- doc/guix.texi | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 33bf08e9dd..4830f39cdb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3720,13 +3720,16 @@ Read the list of channels from @var{file} instead of evaluates to a list of channel objects. @xref{Channels}, for more information. +@cindex channel news @item --news @itemx -N -Display the list of packages added or upgraded since the previous generation. +Display the list of packages added or upgraded since the previous +generation, as well as, occasionally, news written by channel authors +for their users (@pxref{Channels, Writing Channel News}). -This is the same information as displayed upon @command{guix pull} completion, -but without ellipses; it is also similar to the output of @command{guix pull --l} for the last generation (see below). +The package information is the same as displayed upon @command{guix +pull} completion, but without ellipses; it is also similar to the output +of @command{guix pull -l} for the last generation (see below). @item --list-generations[=@var{pattern}] @itemx -l [@var{pattern}] -- cgit v1.2.3