From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack@owlfolio.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there any way to change what /bin/sh is inside `guix shell [--container]` ?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:14:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44f353f5-0b1e-498b-8662-b06263481cd5@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ilf0d7b4.fsf@gnu.org>
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023, at 11:50 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> "Zack Weinberg" <zack@owlfolio.org> skribis:
>> I'm doing experiments with using `guix shell --container` for
>> isolated, reproducible build environments. I've noticed that no
>> matter how I set up the container, `/bin/sh` points to a full-fat
>> bash, even if the full bash package was not included in the container
>> profile.
>
> That’s correct. There’s correctly no way to change that, but we could
> definitely add an option to do that.
>
> Would you like to give it a try? People on IRC and the mailing list
> can provide guidance.
I don't have a lot of time for side projects at the moment, but if some
time materializes I'll give it a go, sure. Is there any advice you have
for working on this specific problem, beyond what's in
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Contributing.html ?
zw
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2023-03-13 20:16 Is there any way to change what /bin/sh is inside `guix shell [--container]` ? Zack Weinberg
2023-03-16 15:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-20 15:14 ` Zack Weinberg [this message]
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