From bf2479c710d32eb61cbaa393df4525a84aaa2d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:44:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest using 'guix pull' before 'guix system reconfigure'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Suggest running 'guix pull' before the first use of 'guix system reconfigure'. --- doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f84f0d684c..a9eeec3338 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4343,6 +4343,13 @@ It also adds a GRUB menu entry for the new OS configuration, and moves entries for older configurations to a submenu---unless @option{--no-grub} is passed. +@c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at +@c . +It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run +@command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking +guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix +once @command{reconfigure} has completed. + @item build Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system.