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@@ -16,17 +16,18 @@ To easily use the packages from this repo, simply add it to your
[[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Channels.html][here]]:
#+BEGIN_SRC scheme
- (cons*
- (channel
- (name 'gn-bioinformatics)
- (url "https://git.genenetwork.org/guix-bioinformatics/guix-bioinformatics.git")
- (branch "master"))
- %default-channels)
+ (list (channel
+ (name 'gn-bioinformatics)
+ (url "https://git.genenetwork.org/guix-bioinformatics/guix-bioinformatics.git")
+ (branch "master")))
#+END_SRC
-and run `guix pull` like normal to update your software. This is the
+and run /guix pull/ like normal to update your software. This is the
recommended way to use the software from this repository and the code
-snippets in this README assume you have done so.
+snippets in this README assume you have done so. In order to maintain
+stability, the guix-bioinformatics channel depends on a specific
+commit of upstream Guix. So, it is recommended to isolate use of the
+guix-bioinformatics channel in a separate /guix pull/ profile.
If you want to make changes to the packages in this repo then simply set
the GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH to point to the root of this directory