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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-06-08 14:53:16 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-06-08 14:53:16 +0200
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@@ -2533,8 +2533,9 @@ Let's dive in the set up!
@node Basic setup with manifests
@subsection Basic setup with manifests
-A Guix profile can be set up @emph{via} a so-called @emph{manifest specification} that looks like
-this:
+A Guix profile can be set up @i{via} a @dfn{manifest}. A manifest is a
+snippet of Scheme code that specifies the set of packages you want to
+have in your profile; it looks like this:
@lisp
(specifications->manifest
@@ -2547,8 +2548,8 @@ this:
"package-N"))
@end lisp
-@pxref{Invoking guix package,,, guix, GNU Guix Reference Manual}, for
-the syntax details.
+@xref{Writing Manifests,,, guix, GNU Guix Reference Manual}, for
+more information about the syntax.
We can create a manifest specification per profile and install them this way: