Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2019 13:24:38 +0000 From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Thu May 16 09:24:38 2019 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54759 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1hRGNC-0002NK-Hb for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:38 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54925) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <swedebugia@HIDDEN>) id 1hRGNB-0002N7-4Q for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:37 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:36732) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <swedebugia@HIDDEN>) id 1hRGN2-0007pN-CL for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:29 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <swedebugia@HIDDEN>) id 1hRGMz-0002kQ-6S for bug-guix@HIDDEN; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <swedebugia@HIDDEN>) id 1hRGMv-0007ey-JO for bug-guix@HIDDEN; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:25 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:44466) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <swedebugia@HIDDEN>) id 1hRGMt-0007VL-Er for bug-guix@HIDDEN; Thu, 16 May 2019 09:24:19 -0400 Received: from bell.riseup.net (bell-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FDA41A3E82 for <bug-guix@HIDDEN>; Thu, 16 May 2019 06:24:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1558013056; bh=YmyIYe8T3/Zpk1aG60OYYgo+H0cbseivwenjZal2piE=; h=To:From:Subject:Date:From; b=MU72vqHmgqbBEVGlN499l5GT0bc3uqdJLChDoAi531ER7tfBk2EK1JIWDg04Ib9M1 JSiblfNCPX3LCDotElxZBIT7ap/WlDJr38pNTh1P+QK3lUebt42rCwO+f4lFTNbAlN QbvC3BHWcV1ymNmH98EFw26B6XhREGsDozF7tUR0= X-Riseup-User-ID: 5BE9170B455A4BB98FD81520F32E63A8ECD37F7A90060B44A81F0B46364E59B1 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bell.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0843B221D3C for <bug-guix@HIDDEN>; Thu, 16 May 2019 06:24:15 -0700 (PDT) To: Report new Guix bug <bug-guix@HIDDEN> From: swedebugia <swedebugia@HIDDEN> Subject: Explain guix package --profile better Message-ID: <4bc964a4-8832-7153-6bb4-862a11625de6@HIDDEN> Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:27:10 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 198.252.153.129 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Hi The current documentation for this option is very scarce and does not detail where this profile is created or how it works (is it a GC root? can it be rolled back? etc.). I suggest adding information about that and maybe the paragraph below. "The user can create any number of profiles. A new directory with the profile-name as well as profile-generation-symlinks will then be created in the current directory. " -- Cheers Swedebugia
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