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authorDavid Thompson <davet@gnu.org>2015-05-28 08:41:04 -0400
committerDavid Thompson <davet@gnu.org>2015-05-28 20:52:52 -0400
commita54bd6d72dc91f649fb2b6cb3c612da1639d9b72 (patch)
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parent1ba4796d135ba7a07f2e89126fba673601c321c2 (diff)
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guix environment: Add --ad-hoc option.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (%options): Add "ad-hoc" option. (show-help): Display help for "--ad-hoc". (packages+propagated-inputs): New procedure. (guix-environment): Create ad hoc environment when asked. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Document it.
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi17
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/environment.scm27
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1956dbc422..2d10ec9b59 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ the @code{#:haddock-flags} parameter. If the file @code{Setup.hs} is
not found, the build system looks for @code{Setup.lhs} instead.
Which Haskell compiler is used can be specified with the @code{#:haskell}
-parameter which defaults to @code{ghc}.
+parameter which defaults to @code{ghc}.
@end defvr
Lastly, for packages that do not need anything as sophisticated, a
@@ -3932,6 +3932,21 @@ evaluates to.
@item -E @var{command}
Execute @var{command} in the new environment.
+@item --ad-hoc
+Include all specified packages in the resulting environment, as if an
+@i{ad hoc} package were defined with them as inputs. This option is
+useful for quickly creating an environment without having to write a
+package expression to contain the desired inputs.
+
+For instance, the command:
+
+@example
+guix environment --ad-hoc guile guile-sdl -E guile
+@end example
+
+runs @command{guile} in an environment where Guile and Guile-SDL are
+available.
+
@item --pure
Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment.
This has the effect of creating an environment in which search paths
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index d053daf02e..42178091e6 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ shell command in that environment.\n"))
(display (_ "
-E, --exec=COMMAND execute COMMAND in new environment"))
(display (_ "
+ --ad-hoc include all specified packages in the environment instead
+ of only their inputs"))
+ (display (_ "
--pure unset existing environment variables"))
(display (_ "
--search-paths display needed environment variable definitions"))
@@ -147,6 +150,9 @@ shell command in that environment.\n"))
(option '(#\e "expression") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'expression arg result)))
+ (option '("ad-hoc") #f #f
+ (lambda (opt name arg result)
+ (alist-cons 'ad-hoc? #t result)))
(option '(#\n "dry-run") #f #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'dry-run? #t result)))
@@ -191,6 +197,18 @@ packages."
(delete-duplicates
(append-map transitive-inputs packages)))
+(define (packages+propagated-inputs packages)
+ "Return a list containing PACKAGES plus all of their propagated inputs."
+ (delete-duplicates
+ (append packages
+ (map (match-lambda
+ ((or (_ (? package? package))
+ (_ (? package? package) _))
+ package)
+ (_ #f))
+ (append-map package-transitive-propagated-inputs
+ packages)))))
+
(define (build-inputs inputs opts)
"Build the packages in INPUTS using the build options in OPTS."
(let ((substitutes? (assoc-ref opts 'substitutes?))
@@ -218,9 +236,12 @@ packages."
(let* ((opts (parse-command-line args %options (list %default-options)
#:argument-handler handle-argument))
(pure? (assoc-ref opts 'pure))
+ (ad-hoc? (assoc-ref opts 'ad-hoc?))
(command (assoc-ref opts 'exec))
- (inputs (packages->transitive-inputs
- (pick-all (options/resolve-packages opts) 'package)))
+ (packages (pick-all (options/resolve-packages opts) 'package))
+ (inputs (if ad-hoc?
+ (packages+propagated-inputs packages)
+ (packages->transitive-inputs packages)))
(drvs (run-with-store store
(mbegin %store-monad
(set-guile-for-build (default-guile))