Re: Possible error in the manual?

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2014 23 Sep 07:22 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Be aware that version X or Guix cannot contains a package of Guix
> version X.  So Guix 0.7 actually comes with a pre-0.7 snapshot.  This
> should be visible in the directory name in:
> 
>   readlink $(type -P guix)

Embedded in the returned string is 'guix-0.6.0-'.  I do recall seeing
that reference during the installation and wondering why the previous
version would be downloaded.  Now I know.

> To get a newer Guix, it should be enough to run ‘guix pull’.  That
> should give you the ‘--show’ options and lots of other bleeding-edge
> things.  ;-)

Thanks, I will try that.

- Nate

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