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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'.
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Ludovic Courtès 2014-11-17 18:44:43 +01:00
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@ -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 entries for older configurations to a submenu---unless
@option{--no-grub} is passed. @option{--no-grub} is passed.
@c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at
@c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>.
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 @item build
Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the
configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system. configuration files and programs needed to boot and run the system.