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

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 34486 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Bavier <ericbavier <at> centurylink.net>
Subject: [bug#34486] [PATCH 0/1] Add '--inherit' to 'guix environment'
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:24:36 +0100

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>>> So, what about adding ‘--preserve’ (or ‘--keep’? I slightly prefer
>>>> “preserve”) and keeping ‘--inherit’ as a deprecated alias?
>>>
>>> Sounds good to me, though in my opinion “--inherit” hasn’t been around
>>> long enough to warrant deprecation.
>>
>> Well, it’s safer and doesn’t cost much to deprecate it properly.
>
> True.
>
>>>> We could perhaps add ‘-E’ as well, reclaiming the long-deprecated
>>>> ‘--exec’, WDYT?
>>>
>>> --preserve/-E would be equivalent?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Neat.  Let’s do it! :)

Done in dca58219584c1163a9fbf88fccea885eb53bf2af, thanks!

Ludo’.

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