Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> George Clemmer <myg...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Ok, cool. Thanks for the clarification. So... how about adding a >> footnote to '(guix) Running Guix Before It Is Installed' something like >> ... >> >> (3) The Guix version in the Guix build is set by './configure'. Thus, >> when guix is run from the Git working tree by './pre-inst-env guix' or a >> '~/.config/guix/latest’ symlink, the version reported by 'guix >> --version' is not updated by subsequent 'git pull; make' steps. To >> update the version (and rebuild everything), you may use 'git clean >> -dfx; ./bootstrap; ./configure; make'. > > I’m not comfortable documenting this because it’s nothing specific to > Guix. So to summarize: This behavior is a side effect of how GNU tools work. It is obvious to anyone who understands them. You don't want to describe things that are obvious. I understand. But I think many users don't have a clue about GNU build tools. They may be puzzled by how pre-inst-env works. I think the footnote would be helpful for them. I urge you to reconsider. > Besides, note that ~/.config/guix/latest no longer exists. Yes, I saw you revamped Guix pull but I haven't actually used guix pull in over a year. I need to check the new one out. - George
