From 724311a26b5205dd5721439389ab70aab4082371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:30:07 +0200 Subject: packages: Allow package lookups with version prefixes. * gnu/packages.scm (find-packages-by-name): Sort MATCHING according to 'version>?'. Use 'string-prefix?' instead of 'string=?' to compare against VERSION. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Add example and explanation. --- doc/guix.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ad572365a8..69d65998c5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -962,7 +962,10 @@ Install the specified @var{package}s. Each @var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as @code{guile}, or a package name followed by a hyphen and version number, -such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. If no version number is specified, the +such as @code{guile-1.8.8} or simply @code{guile-1.8} (in the latter +case, the newest version prefixed by @code{1.8} is selected.) + +If no version number is specified, the newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package} may contain a colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the package, as in @code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils-2.22:lib} -- cgit v1.2.3