GNU bug report logs - #38529
Make --pure the default for `guix environment'?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 15:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 38529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: 38529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38529: Make --pure the default for `guix environment'?
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 17:43:04 -0500

On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 04:42:07PM +0100, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
> --pure seems to be the more sensible behaviour.  "Impure" environments
> can have unexpected behaviours, so it makes sense to only allow them
> when the user explicitly asks for it.

I don't have an opinion about this in general except that I think that
--ad-hoc should continue to work the way it does now, without --pure
being implied.
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