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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-01-23 16:21:03 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-01-28 23:14:44 +0100 |
| commit | 23ccfd3840d957e28fdbe3e3af9f588320c04fe3 (patch) | |
| tree | e56b407fe379d0041e9b5bdb8e1fd01ae9a5f71b /doc | |
| parent | 50f7402c6aa7b74645cf0db3fd1a965db3fd6ed2 (diff) | |
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home: 'reconfigure' checks for potential downgrades.
* guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--allow-downgrades".
(%default-options): Remove 'build-mode'; add 'validate-reconfigure'.
(perform-action): Add #:validate-reconfigure. Call
'check-forward-update' when ACTION is 'reconfigure.
(process-action): Pass #:validate-reconfigure to 'perform-action'.
* gnu/home/services.scm (home-provenance): Export.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document '--allow-downgrades'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 62e994ceb1..94f8e5e481 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -38072,6 +38072,16 @@ Consider the home-environment @var{expr} evaluates to. This is an alternative to specifying a file which evaluates to a home environment. +@item --allow-downgrades +Instruct @command{guix home reconfigure} to allow system downgrades. + +Just like @command{guix system}, @command{guix home reconfigure}, by +default, prevents you from downgrading your home to older or unrelated +revisions compared to the channel revisions that were used to deploy +it---those shown by @command{guix home describe}. Using +@option{--allow-downgrades} allows you to bypass that check, at the risk +of downgrading your home---be careful! + @end table @node Documentation |