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[PATCH 0/1] Add '--inherit' to 'guix environment'

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Message #22 received at 34486-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34486-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>
Subject: Re: [bug#34486] [PATCH 0/1] Add '--inherit' to 'guix environment'
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 10:12:08 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I guess the only thing that’s missing now is to activate an installed
>> environment.
>
> Something beyond --search-paths and etc/profile, right?  I’m not sure
> what it would look like.

It doesn’t need to be much.  People can “save” environments with
“--root” but they have no built-in mechanism to “load” an environment
that has been saved like that.

Loading can be done with “env /path/to/bash --init-file
$profile/etc/profile” for activating an environment without mixing its
environment variables into the current environment.  Merging an
environment can be done with “source $profile/etc/profile”.  It would be
nice if there was a simpler, unified interface for this.

    guix environment --load /my/.guix-profile
    guix environment --pure --load /my/.guix-profile
    guix environment --container --load /my/.guix-profile

etc.

--
Ricardo

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