Dear Roel, On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 at 17:43, Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > $ guixr package -i ... -p /my/profile > $ guixr load-profile /my/profile > [env]$ > # ... A new shell is spawned here. > # Inside this shell only the environment variables in > # /my/profile/etc/profile are set ... > [env]$ exit > # Return to the normal shell state > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] > Would there be any interest from others to have this as well? And also, the > shell implementation heavy relies on Bash. What other shells should I attempt > to implement? It would be cool! However, if I remember correctly the previous discussion on such topic, the issue was to respect the user's shell ($SHELL). This argument is mitigated by the fact that "guix environment" already uses Bash to spawn the new shell, if I understand correctly. Well, I find annoying to not able to "go in" and "go out" in one profile and I prefer having a Bash specific implementation than nothing. So, thank you for the initiative. :-) > If there is interest in having this as a "load-profile" subcommand, I will > post > an initial implementation to the mailing list ASAP. Instead of another subcommand, I would suggest to add an option to "guix environment". Then an another further step should maybe combine "--load-profile" and "--ad-hoc" in order to create a temporary "augmented" profile. All the best, simon
