Hi, On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 at 12:14, Stéfane Fermigier <s...@fermigier.com> wrote: > When I type: > > guix --version > > I get: > > guix (GNU Guix) 6689a96ce86497299bd29f183b744116fd2d6e32 > > That's not really helpful (i.e. it doesn't tell how old / up to date my > system is). A proper version number (e.g. "x.y.z-devel", etc.) and/or a date > would be nice.
Maybe what you want is “guix describe”. For instance, it outputs: $ guix describe Generation 8 Sep 09 2024 15:14:29 (current) guix 056910e repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git commit: 056910ec864cb7cf3225a0c27679d94405db7dcd It does not tell how old or up-to-date your system is but it informs you about your last “guix pull”. It seems a good starts. About a proper version number, I am not convinced it suits well some rolling-release. Troll inside. ;-) Cheers, simon