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User manual does not explain Profiles (nor GUIX_PROFILE) |
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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:24:41 +0000 |
The Guix reference manual does not seem to explain what profiles are.
## Steps to reproduce
Assuming you are browsing the Guix reference manual in Info:
1. Type i (to search for an index topic).
2. Type the word profile and hit Enter.
3. Type , repeatedly to explore all the parts of the manual related to profiles.
## Expected result
At some point, I get to a section defining what is a profile exactly, a profile
of what, what can I get from using one or many of them, what is the
GUIX_PROFILE variable, does it accept a single path to a profile or more, and
some use cases and examples.
## Unexpected result
I see profiles are mentioned in places where they can be used, but the text
assumes I know what a profile is.
Similarly, the GUIX_PROFILE variable doesn't seem to be defined. It seems
missing from the concept and programming indices.
## Additional information
The "Guix Profiles in Practice" recipe in the cookbook defines profiles to some
extent. Maybe some of this information can be used in the manual?
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Luis Felipe López Acevedo
https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/
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Re: bug#46803: User manual does not explain Profiles (nor GUIX_PROFILE) |
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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:54:46 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi zimoun,
Pushed something like the initial patch + index entries as
0571aa7abf262f617add727ac03e3bf63d41ae6d. Thank you!
Ludo’.
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