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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/edit.scm | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm index 73a5bb78d2..660bd57985 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -83,8 +84,11 @@ line." (catch 'system-error (lambda () - (apply execlp (%editor) (%editor) - (append-map package->location-specification packages))) + (let ((file-names (append-map package->location-specification + packages))) + ;; Use `system' instead of `exec' in order to sanely handle + ;; possible command line arguments in %EDITOR. + (exit (system (string-join (cons (%editor) file-names)))))) (lambda args (let ((errno (system-error-errno args))) (leave (_ "failed to launch '~a': ~a~%") |