From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: In need for a simple "join build container" Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:21:17 +0200 Message-ID: <5936902D.5010502@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42209) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICY8-0004z1-Ka for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:21:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICY3-0000Jd-Mz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:21:24 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:49060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICY3-0000JO-Es for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:21:19 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3whq4t3JX2z1qtH0 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:21:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3whq4t23Ntz3jR9b for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:21:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YKhwqt7_38ut for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:21:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-46-244-130-4.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.130.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:21:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.110.2] (lenashee.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.2]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1978604E5 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:30:13 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel Hi, I find myself debugging some package test-cases quite often. This is *very* time-consuming, esp. if compiling the source takes several minutes. So what I need is something to drop me into an interactive shell if the build fails. At the moment for these cases I try setting of an environment (see my other post just a few minutes ago). But this setup is quite complicated (so I wrote a wrapper-shell-script) and error-prone. And I assume, others packagers will need this, too. My ideal solution would be something like guix build --shell-on-failure mypackage Should I open a bug-report for this? -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |