From: Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>,
Skyler <skyvine@protonmail.com>,
62448@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62448: [PATCH] doc: Note that `guix shell` should contain base language packages.
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:42:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0ff6805cf50096274d9fb666ef361b2cbf3a4e8.1680208930.git.dev@jpoiret.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fs9mrnqi.fsf@jpoiret.xyz>
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Explain that python must be included in
the invocation even if it is already available in the external environment.
Suggested-by: Skyler <skyvine@protonmail.com>
---
doc/guix.texi | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c49e51b72e..879a526b77 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Domagoj Stolfa@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Hui Lu@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 pukkamustard@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Alice Brenon@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2021, 2022 Josselin Poiret@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2021, 2022, 2023 Josselin Poiret@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 muradm@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021, 2022 Andrew Tropin@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Sarah Morgensen@*
@@ -5959,6 +5959,14 @@ building or downloading any missing package, and runs the
guix shell python python-numpy -- python3
@end example
+Note that it is necessary to include the main @code{python} package in
+this command even if it is already installed into your environment. This
+is so that the shell environment knows to set @env{PYTHONPATH} and other
+related variables. The shell environment cannot check the previously
+installed environment, because then it would be non-deterministic. This
+is true for most libraries: their corresponding language package should
+be included in the shell invocation.
+
@quotation Note
@cindex shebang, for @command{guix shell}
@command{guix shell} can be also be used as a script interpreter, also
base-commit: be5e280e5fe26f93bd5a6e3f76e4502edb913a94
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-30 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-25 19:10 bug#62448: Inconsistent guile enviornment from guix shell Skyler via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-03-29 21:23 ` Skyler via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-03-30 20:24 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-03-30 20:42 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2023-04-11 22:57 ` bug#62448: [PATCH] doc: Note that `guix shell` should contain base language packages Skyler via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-04-12 8:35 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-04-12 12:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-04-13 19:53 ` Skyler via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-04-12 11:07 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-25 16:30 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
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