Re: Guix CLI options through manifest.scm or guix.scm

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi,

Distopico <distopico@riseup.net> skribis:

> Is it possible to define/express CLI options from manifest.scm or
> guix.scm? For example, I have
>
> ```
> guix shell \
>      -m manifest.scm \
>      --container -F -N -P \
>      --share=/opt/android-sdk \
>      --share=$HOME/.android/avd \
>      --share=$HOME/.gradle/ \
>      --preserve='^DISPLAY$' \
>      --preserve='^XAUTHORITY$' \
>      --preserve='^DBUS_' \
>      --expose=$XAUTHORITY \
>      --expose=/var/run/dbus
> ```

There are two things relevant to ‘guix shell’: (1) what packages go
inside the environment, and (2) how the environment is built (container
vs. pure, networking or not, etc.).

The manifest only takes care of #1.

We need a non-CLI way to express #2.  I don’t think manifests are a good
fit for that; perhaps we need a new <environment> abstraction, which
might mean we need a new ‘environment.scm’ file or similar.

Anyhow, I agree that something’s missing here.

Thanks,
Ludo’.