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[bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals
From: |
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
Subject: |
[bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 01:07:23 +0200 |
Hi all,
To avoid expensive rebuilds, (guix self) explicitly substitutes
the less than satisfying "0.0-git" as version number for the
Texinfo manual.
In some cases, that's merely ugly and confusing:
This document describes GNU Guix version 0.0-git, a functional
package management tool written for the GNU system.
or
If you’re running Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, you can
instead install the package (it might be a version older than
0.0-git but you can update it afterwards by running ‘guix
pull’):
But in most cases it's worse:
1. Download the binary tarball from
‘https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.0-git.x86_64-linux.tar.xz’,
eek
$ wget
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.0-git.x86_64-linux.tar.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-binary-0.0-git.x86_64-linux.tar.xz.sig
boo
An ISO-9660 installation image that can be written to a USB
stick
or burnt to a DVD can be downloaded from
‘https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-0.0-git.x86_64-linux.iso’
nein
make sure you checked the GPG signature of ‘guix-0.0-git.tar.gz’
Imagine coming to this with a fresh mind & without our knowledge
that this is ‘obviously wrong’. After all: this is the official
upstream updater, not some random git snapshot!
(Only later will you find out the truth that it is both, but
you'll no longer care.)
Anyway. So hesitant am I to even READ future (gnu packages
package-management) versions from older Guixen that I've committed
the crime of regex, twice. Punish me by sharing your thoughts.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals,
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <=
- [bug#66148] [PATCH] doc: Mention it when we were pulled., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2023/09/21
- [bug#66148] [PATCH v2 1/2] [Sloppy PoC] self: Use a more meaningful VERSION string for manuals., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2023/09/21
- [bug#66148] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: Mention it when we were pulled., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2023/09/21
- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Ludovic Courtès, 2023/09/22
- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2023/09/22
- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Ludovic Courtès, 2023/09/25
- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Simon Tournier, 2023/09/26
- [bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2023/09/29
[bug#66148] Fix Guix version number in pulled (=most) manuals, Simon Tournier, 2023/09/26