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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 62a4028659..93380dc30d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -14975,6 +14975,7 @@ gnu/packages/guile.scm:147:2: guile: updating from version 2.0.10 to version 2.0 @dots{} @end example +@cindex target version, guix refresh In some specific cases, you may have many packages specified via a manifest or a module selection which should all be updated together; for these cases, the @option{--target-version} option can be provided to have @@ -14995,6 +14996,17 @@ gnu/packages/qt.scm:2070:13: qtquickcontrols2 would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5 @dots{} @end example +@cindex partial target version, guix refresh +The @option{--target-version} option accepts partial version prefixes, +which can be useful to update to the latest major or major-minor +prefixed version: + +@example +$ guix refresh qtbase@@5 qtdeclarative@@5 --target-version=5 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:1472:13: qtdeclarative would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +gnu/packages/qt.scm:452:13: qtbase would be upgraded from 5.15.8 to 5.15.10 +@end example + Sometimes the upstream name differs from the package name used in Guix, and @command{guix refresh} needs a little help. Most updaters honor the @code{upstream-name} property in package definitions, which can be used |