Re: Question about package environment variables

2016-05-18 Thread Matthew Jordan
Do you mean why I would want to define environment variables in project guix.scm file? If so, it would be a matter convienence I can put all the project info in one file. Also I wouldn't have to remember any shell/environment variables I changed or customized for a specific project. -- Matthew

Re: Question about package environment variables

2016-05-18 Thread Matthew Jordan
Hi David Thompson, Thanks for your response, guess I'll have to use envstore or or create file I can source into my current shell session. I was just curious if there was a way to accomplish that from guix. And thanks for the example link. Thanks, -- Matthew Jordan Sent with my mu4e Thompson

Re: Question about package environment variables

2016-05-18 Thread Thompson, David
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Matthew Jordan wrote: > > Hi David Thompson, > > Thanks for your response, guess I'll have to use envstore or or create > file I can source into my current shell session. Why would you want this? I don't understand. - Dave

Question about package environment variables

2016-05-18 Thread Matthew Jordan
Good Day everyone, I would like to know is it possible to set any environment variable to any value from guix package. The usecase I am thinking of is for a project. Let's say you had a guix package file to automate and document project dependencies. Let's say I wanted to declare a variable in p

Re: Question about package environment variables

2016-05-18 Thread Thompson, David
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Matthew Jordan wrote: > Good Day everyone, > > I would like to know is it possible to set any environment variable to > any value from guix package. The usecase I am thinking of is for a > project. Let's say you had a guix package file to automate and document > p