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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/nix-channel.xml | 15 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/nix-channel.in | 9 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/nix-channel.xml index 22d8900d8f1c..68dcfd45d4d6 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> diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in index 8f0fbbaa5097..6883ffd18db2 100755 --- a/scripts/nix-channel.in +++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ sub removeChannel { # Fetch Nix expressions and pull manifests from the subscribed # channels. sub update { + my @channelNames = @_; + readChannels; # Create the manifests directory if it doesn't exist. @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ sub update { # Download each channel. my $exprs = ""; foreach my $name (keys %channels) { + next if scalar @channelNames > 0 && ! grep { $_ eq $name } @{channelNames}; + my $url = $channels{$name}; my $origUrl = "$url/MANIFEST"; @@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ Usage: nix-channel --add URL [CHANNEL-NAME] nix-channel --remove CHANNEL-NAME nix-channel --list - nix-channel --update + nix-channel --update [CHANNEL-NAME...] EOF exit 1; } @@ -182,8 +186,7 @@ while (scalar @ARGV) { } elsif ($arg eq "--update") { - usageError if scalar @ARGV != 0; - update; + update(@ARGV); last; } |