From b9e5c0a949fa627da55ea53fd71dfa96ad8a2b4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:57:44 +0100 Subject: guix-package: Create ~/.guix-profile when it doesn't exist. * guix-package.in (guix-package): Create the %USER-ENVIRONMENT-DIRECTORY symlink if it doesn't exist yet. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document it. --- doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index dc3473405e..1784642c7b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ the transaction. Upon completion, a new profile is created, but previous generations of the profile remain available, should the user want to roll back. +For each user, a symlink to the user's default profile is automatically +created in @file{$HOME/.guix-profile}. This symlink always point to the +current generation of the user's default profile. Thus, users can add +@file{$HOME/.guix-profile/bin} to their @code{PATH} environment +variable, and so on. + @table @code @item --install=@var{package} -- cgit v1.2.3