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X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.107, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=RMJknw1F; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.71 X-TUID: iP4kFuYwIADQ On 10/22/20 6:00 PM, help-guix-request@gnu.org wrote: > Reza Alizadeh Majd writes: > >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:53:10 +0200 >> Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> >>> Reza Alizadeh Majd writes: >>> >>>> it would also be great to be able to pass list of ad-hoc packages, >>>> using a manifest file, something like --ad-hoc-manifest switch. or >>>> maybe there is such option already available that I missed. >>> What would that look like? Just a file containing package names? >>> >> yes, a possible use-case would be to provide a development >> environment for a software which is not packaged yet. during >> development phase, we could easily update this manifest file and >> include third-parties we need to use. > But isn’t this exactly what you can use a manifest file for already? > “guix environment” not only accepts a file that describes a package, but > also a manifest. Or perhaps a solution could be to simply allow multiple --manifest files, so that one could oneself distinguish between them via file name, but Guix uses them as if their content was merged in one file instead?