Hi Mike,

Mike Gerwitz <mtg@gnu.org> skribis:

> This change is motivated by attempts to run programs (like GNU IceCat) within
> containers.  The 'fontconfig' program, for example, is configured explicitly
> to check ~/.guix-profile for additional fonts.
>
> There were no existing container tests in 'tests/guix-environment.sh', but I
> added one anyway for this change.
>
> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add '--link-profile'.
> * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help): Add '--link-profile'.
> (%options): Add 'link-profile' as '#\P', assigned to 'link-profile?'.
> (lnk-environment): New procedure.
> (launch-environment/container): Use it when 'link-profile?'.
> [link-profile?]: New parameter.
> (guix-environment): Leave when '--link-prof' but not '--container'.  Add
> '#:link-profile?' argument to 'launch-environment/container' application.
> * tests/guix-environment.sh: New '--link-profile' test.

Sorry for forgetting about this patch series.  It’s perfect, and
very useful!

I applied this one with the changes below.  The main change is moving
the test to guix-environment-container.sh, which is skipped when user
namespaces are not supported.

Thank you!

Ludo’.