Subject: Re: [bug#28699] [PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable.

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:28:59 +0200

Oleg Pykhalov <[email-masked]> skribis:

> From 2638c08eef0e8c173111ced6bbc95167f6130fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Oleg Pykhalov <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:01:41 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable.
>
> * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%repository-url): Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment
>   variable.
> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention GUIX_PULL_URL.

I’m not entirely convinced, especially with a look on “channels”, which
would provide a way to persistently register repo URLs.

OTOH, I see that it can be convenient in the short-term for someone
using a repo other than the default one.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.