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From: Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>,
	Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>,
	guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: configurable guile backtrace in builder
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:24:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xryv5ieybeKIv5dq1oDsGt-r9EN87WQWc23yop1YTPAKfMNy_sCiOvnP6c55vOaFS8J5_MoOTyzsruV7s_ImVt-puerqXvNsZAOiFXmT2jg=@lendvai.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87357gzebc.fsf@gnu.org>

> How about passing #:env-vars '(("COLUMNS" . "200")) to
> ‘gexp->derivation’ (in the build system), or adding a phase that sets
> that environment variable?


i assume printed guile backtraces should not be part of the normal output of any package.

and then why not introduce an env variable (or some other way) that only affects the backtrace, and nothing else?

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-02-09  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20230107181938.14334-1-othacehe@gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <871qo0j1zn.fsf@gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <87r0vas5zx.fsf_-_@gnu.org>
2023-02-01 18:31     ` configurable guile backtrace in builder (was: services: base: Add extra-env support to guix-configuration) Maxim Cournoyer
2023-02-08  9:39       ` configurable guile backtrace in builder Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-08 16:09         ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-02-09  9:24         ` Attila Lendvai [this message]

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