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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f8e7436cf1..955fd1f172 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3646,8 +3646,9 @@ but it supports the following options: @item --url=@var{url} @itemx --commit=@var{commit} @itemx --branch=@var{branch} -Download code from the specified @var{url}, at the given @var{commit} (a valid -Git commit ID represented as a hexadecimal string), or @var{branch}. +Download code for the @code{guix} channel from the specified @var{url}, at the +given @var{commit} (a valid Git commit ID represented as a hexadecimal +string), or @var{branch}. @cindex @file{channels.scm}, configuration file @cindex configuration file for channels @@ -3662,6 +3663,14 @@ Read the list of channels from @var{file} instead of evaluates to a list of channel objects. @xref{Channels}, for more information. +@item --news +@itemx -N +Display the list of packages added or upgraded since the previous generation. + +This is the same information as displayed upon @command{guix pull} completion, +but without ellipses; it is also similar to the output of @command{guix pull +-l} for the last generation (see below). + @item --list-generations[=@var{pattern}] @itemx -l [@var{pattern}] List all the generations of @file{~/.config/guix/current} or, if @var{pattern} @@ -8029,7 +8038,9 @@ The following derivations will be built: @item --system=@var{system} @itemx -s @var{system} Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}---instead of -the system type of the build host. +the system type of the build host. The @command{guix build} command allows +you to repeat this option several times, in which case it builds for all the +specified systems; other commands ignore extraneous @option{-s} options. @quotation Note The @code{--system} flag is for @emph{native} compilation and must not @@ -10450,7 +10461,7 @@ The package object of the operating system kernel to use@footnote{Currently only the Linux-libre kernel is supported. In the future, it will be possible to use the GNU@tie{}Hurd.}. -@item @code{kernel-arguments} (default: @code{'()}) +@item @code{kernel-arguments} (default: @code{'("quiet")}) List of strings or gexps representing additional arguments to pass on the command-line of the kernel---e.g., @code{("console=ttyS0")}. @@ -25113,6 +25124,12 @@ shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). @xref{Slots of services, the @item @code{requirements} (default: @code{'()}) List of symbols denoting the Shepherd services this one depends on. +@cindex one-shot services, for the Shepherd +@item @code{one-shot?} (default: @code{#f}) +Whether this service is @dfn{one-shot}. One-shot services stop immediately +after their @code{start} action has completed. @xref{Slots of services,,, +shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}, for more info. + @item @code{respawn?} (default: @code{#t}) Whether to restart the service when it stops, for instance when the underlying process dies. |