Can't open a container-shell

Can't open a container-shell

[Cássio Tavares]

I have created a profile from the attached `manifest.scm`, meant to be used
in a container shell, so as to isolate activity X from the everything else.
After everything was setup, I tried to initiate the shell with this command:

guix shell  -c 4 -M 6 --no-cwd --pure --container --network \
            --manifest=./etc/manifest.scm                   \
            --share=./home/sys-conf                         \
            --user=sys-conf                                 \
            --profile=./home/sys-conf/.guix-profile         \
            --preserve='^DISPLAY$'


But this doesn't work, and I get this error message:

guix shell: error: "--profile" can't be used with package options


What does this mean? What did I do wrong? And what should I do?
Thanks,
Cássio

Re: Can't open a container-shell

[Cássio Tavares]

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Forgot the attatchment...


On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 7:06 PM Cássio Tavares <cassio.ufg@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have created a profile from the attached `manifest.scm`, meant to be
> used in a container shell, so as to isolate activity X from the everything
> else. After everything was setup, I tried to initiate the shell with this
> command:
>
> guix shell  -c 4 -M 6 --no-cwd --pure --container --network \
>             --manifest=./etc/manifest.scm                   \
>             --share=./home/sys-conf                         \
>             --user=sys-conf                                 \
>             --profile=./home/sys-conf/.guix-profile         \
>             --preserve='^DISPLAY$'
>
>
> But this doesn't work, and I get this error message:
>
> guix shell: error: "--profile" can't be used with package options
>
>
> What does this mean? What did I do wrong? And what should I do?
> Thanks,
> Cássio
>
>
>

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;;\
;; | This is the manifest for the Guix shell environment
;; +----------------------------------------------------

(specifications->manifest
  (list
    "guix"
    "bash"
    "coreutils"
    "moreutils"
    "guile"
    "git"
    "guile-gitlab"
    "openssh"
    "nano"
    "less"
    "grep"
    "exa"
    "vim"
    "neovim"
    "ungoogled-chromium"))

Re: Can't open a container-shell

[Dominic Martinez]

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Cássio Tavares <cassio.ufg@gmail.com> writes:

> I have created a profile from the attached `manifest.scm`, meant 
> to be used
> in a container shell, so as to isolate activity X from the 
> everything else.
> After everything was setup, I tried to initiate the shell with 
> this command:
>
> guix shell  -c 4 -M 6 --no-cwd --pure --container --network \
>             --manifest=./etc/manifest.scm                   \
>             --share=./home/sys-conf                         \
>             --user=sys-conf                                 \
>             --profile=./home/sys-conf/.guix-profile         \
>             --preserve='^DISPLAY$'
>
>
> But this doesn't work, and I get this error message:
>
> guix shell: error: "--profile" can't be used with package 
> options

--profile sources an existing guix profile (which is a group of 
  package installations), while --manifest or other package 
  options create a new profile with the defined packages. These 
  two things are contradictory.

Is there a specific reason you included the --profile flag? I 
think you'll probably get the behaviour you imagine without it.


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Re: Can't open a container-shell

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Dominic Martinez <dom@dominicm.dev> skribis:

> Is there a specific reason you included the --profile flag? I think
> you'll probably get the behaviour you imagine without it.

Agreed, you should drop ‘--profile’, Cássio.

HTH,
Ludo’.