GNU bug report logs - #33134
[PATCH 0/1] guix-install.sh: Add ability to run it non-interactively.

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From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: rsiddharth <s <at> ricketyspace.net>
Cc: 33134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#33134] [PATCH 2/5] guix-install.sh: Add parse_args.
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 12:27:52 +0100

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Hi,

> +    # process -y / -n arg.
> +    export AUTO_YN=${1:1:1}
> +    if [ -z $AUTO_YN ]; then
> +        export AUTO_YN=""
> +    fi

Why "export" ? Now all the child processes get it, making their environment
different from before.  This makes parse_args have system-wide side effects.

If we wanted to export it, we could do it explicitly after parse_args has
been called.

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