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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-07-26 17:59:25 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-07-26 17:59:25 +0200
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environment: Set 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' to the profile.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (create-environment): Set 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' to PROFILE. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index ebe966f9cf..9f72b7bf24 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ existing enviroment variables with additional search paths."
(evaluate-profile-search-paths profile paths))
;; Give users a way to know that they're in 'guix environment', so they can
- ;; adjust 'PS1' accordingly, for instance.
- (setenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT" "t"))
+ ;; adjust 'PS1' accordingly, for instance. Set it to PROFILE so users can
+ ;; conveniently access its contents.
+ (setenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT" profile))
(define (show-search-paths profile search-paths pure?)
"Display SEARCH-PATHS applied to PROFILE. When PURE? is #t, do not augment