Hi arnome, On August 25, 2025 3:33:34 PM GMT+02:00, Arnaud Mounier <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, > >First, thanks for Guix; it's a very clever way to do things. > >I install Guix on a separate partition « /gnu » on a Debian GNU/Linux stable >version, and I have two questions about the recommended update routine in a >foreign distro install. > >I'll plan to do my updates like this: > >1. <user>@fd $> sudo -i guix pull
Yes, this updates root's profile. This is usually used for running the guix-daemon, at least if installed from guix-install.sh. If you installed through package manager, see the guix-daemon systemd service file for location of daemon ran. You dont have to worry about updating this too often, unless there are security vulnerabilities that would be mentioned on guix-info list. >2. <user>@fd $> guix pull >3. <user>@fd $> guix package -u Yes, this should update packages as long as you dont have them pinned, ie. If you installed by guix install `[email protected]`. > >Is this sufficient, or am I missing something? Usually, yes. Rutherther > >The second question is about update/upgrade frequency: is monthly enough, or >is weekly better? > >Thanks for reading this, >regards, >arnome >
