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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-05-07 17:55:56 -0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-05-07 17:55:56 -0400
commitafa7b8a479e48c5642a796563a615314c0261a1a (patch)
treefaace585ee0263dbe0f900b0ee9af08ae360ab6d /doc/manual
parent147f10157fef48dcf3e32511e10f5ee00026b757 (diff)
nix-channel --update: allow updating only the specified channels
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/nix-channel.xml15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml
index 22d8900d8..68dcfd45d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
<arg choice='plain'><option>--add</option> <replaceable>url</replaceable> <arg choice='opt'><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--remove</option> <replaceable>url</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--list</option></arg>
- <arg choice='plain'><option>--update</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>--update</option> <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>names</replaceable></arg></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ condition="manual">See also <xref linkend="sec-channels"
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><option>--update</option></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--update</option> [<replaceable>names</replaceable>…]</term>
<listitem><para>Downloads the Nix expressions of all subscribed
- channels, makes them the default for <command>nix-env</command>
- operations (by symlinking them from the directory
- <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>), and performs a
- <command>nix-pull</command> on the manifests of all channels to
- make pre-built binaries available.</para></listitem>
+ channels (or only those included in
+ <replaceable>names</replaceable> if specified), makes them the
+ default for <command>nix-env</command> operations (by symlinking
+ them from the directory <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>), and
+ performs a <command>nix-pull</command> on the manifests of all
+ channels to make pre-built binaries available.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>