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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: myglc2@gmail.com
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>, 31841@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31841: ./pre-inst-env guix system no longer works without ~/.config/guix
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 04:06:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878t7f5f69.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874li31wx7.fsf@g1.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (myglc2's message of "Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:56:20 -0400")

Hi,

myglc2@gmail.com writes:

> Based on this thread I am now making guix like this ...
>
> guix environment guix --ad-hoc guile-sqlite3 --root=build-env -- make [MAKECMDGOALS]

Nice.  Somehow I failed to know of the existence of the --root option.

The "--ad-hoc guile-sqlite3" should no longer be needed, although I did
need to add it temporarily during this transition.

> ... and using it like this ...
>
> source build-env/etc/profile
> ./pre-inst-env guix COMMAND ARGS...
>
> ... and I am sure you can predict what I will say next ;-)
>
> How about putting this in the doc?

For what it's worth, I agree that something along these lines would be a
welcome addition to the "Contributing" chapter of the Guix manual,
possibly within the "Running Guix Before It Is Installed" section.

      Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2018-06-16  8:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-15  2:24 bug#31841: ./pre-inst-env guix system no longer works without ~/.config/guix Mark H Weaver
2018-06-15  6:56 ` Rutger Helling
2018-06-15 10:56   ` myglc2
2018-06-15 11:24 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-06-15 11:45   ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-15 12:04     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-06-15 13:08       ` Mark H Weaver
2018-06-15 13:40     ` Mark H Weaver
2018-06-15 16:51       ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-15 22:56         ` myglc2
2018-06-16  8:06           ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2018-06-16  8:25           ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-16  9:50             ` Mark H Weaver
2018-06-16 14:31               ` George Clemmer
2018-06-17 20:53               ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-19 17:08                 ` myglc2
2018-06-20 14:06                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-16  7:51         ` Mark H Weaver
2018-06-17 12:54 ` bug#31841: Status: Guix requires guile-sqlite3 Maxim Cournoyer
2018-06-17 21:19   ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-18  1:34     ` Maxim Cournoyer

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