On Tue, Mar 16 2021, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Add snippet that runs 'guix refresh' >> on all the packages installed in the current profile. > > [...] > >> +You can also quickly update all the packages installed in the current >> +profile with the following snippet: >> + >> +@example >> +$ guix refresh -u $(guix package --list-installed | cut -f1) >> +@end example >> + >> +This is handy if you don't use manifests for installing packages into >> +your profile. > > Note that if you type this literally, it fails along these lines: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > $ guix refresh -u grep > > Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.yLXS45 > From https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-3.6.tar.xz... > following redirection to `https://gnu.mirror.constant.com/grep/grep-3.6.tar.xz'... > …6.tar.xz 1.5MiB 2.3MiB/s 00:01 [##################] 100.0% > > Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.NgvvW4 > From https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-3.6.tar.xz.sig... > following redirection to `https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/gnu/grep/grep-3.6.tar.xz.sig'... > …tar.xz.sig 833B 1.8MiB/s 00:00 [##################] 100.0% > gpgv: Signature made Mon 09 Nov 2020 05:40:03 AM CET > gpgv: using RSA key 155D3FC500C834486D1EEA677FD9FCCB000BEEEE > gpgv: Good signature from "Jim Meyering " > gpgv: aka "Jim Meyering " > gpgv: aka "Jim Meyering " > gnu/packages/base.scm:99:12: grep: updating from version 3.4 to version 3.6... > guix refresh: error: mkstemp!: Read-only file system > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > So I think this example may be misleading. We could instead suggest > ./pre-inst-env, with a link to “Running Guix Before It Is Installed”, > and possibly mention the ‘--with-latest’ option as well. > > WDYT? Sorry, I should have tested the command... When you say "--with-latest", do you mean `guix package -i grep --with-latest`?