Dear, On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 11:10, Reza Alizadeh Majd <r.m...@pantherx.org> wrote:
> working with guix environments, we can pass list of packages, using a > manifest file. we also can use --ad-hoc switch for additional packages > we need to add to the prepared environment. > > 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. >From my understanding, as Ricardo said, the command: guix environment -m my-manifest.scm is equivalent to: guix environment --ad-hoc pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 And moreover, you can also do: guix environment -m my-manifest.scm --ad-hoc my-package What could be missing is to pass a manifest file and provide all the required packages used to build all the packages listed in the manifest. Other said, there is no equivalent at the manifest level of: guix environment pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 or even this: guix environment pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 --ad-hoc pkg4 pkg5 pkg6 To be clear, it is possible but the API is not straightforward. Is it what you mean? Hope that helps, simon
