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authorLudovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr>2021-10-01 15:19:54 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-10-25 18:58:18 +0200
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Add 'guix shell'.
* guix/scripts/shell.scm, tests/guix-shell.sh: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'shell.scm'. (SH_TESTS): Add 'tests/guix-shell.sh'. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-environment-options-help): New procedure. (show-help): Use it. (guix-environment*): New procedure. (guix-environment): Use it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Features): Refer to "guix shell" (Invoking guix package): Likewise. (Development): Likewise. (Invoking guix shell): New node. (Invoking guix environment): Add deprecation warning. (Debugging Build Failures): Use 'guix shell' in examples. (Invoking guix container): Refer to 'guix shell'. (Invoking guix processes, Virtualization Services): Adjust examples to use 'guix shell'. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Refer to 'guix shell'. * etc/completion/bash/guix: Handle "shell".
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@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ all the dependencies and appropriate environment variables are set up to
hack on Guix:
@example
-guix environment guix --pure
+guix shell -D guix --pure
@end example
-@xref{Invoking guix environment}, for more information on that command.
+@xref{Invoking guix shell}, for more information on that command.
If you are unable to use Guix when building Guix from a checkout, the
following are the required packages in addition to those mentioned in the
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}).
@end itemize
On Guix, extra dependencies can be added by instead running @command{guix
-environment} with @option{--ad-hoc}:
+shell}:
@example
-guix environment guix --pure --ad-hoc help2man git strace
+guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure
@end example
Run @command{./bootstrap} to generate the build system infrastructure