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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-10-02 23:17:40 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-10-02 23:28:09 +0200
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tree428a6c2915344177a704d817796ffebdc9366536
parent8e1907a72430aa989125b053573ef0897c480697 (diff)
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environment: Provide /etc/hosts in containers without '--network'.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/43762>. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): Create /etc/hosts when NETWORK? is false. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Add "localhost" resolution test.
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/environment.scm7
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-environment-container.sh4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index e2e481dd02..9698111cd2 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -549,6 +549,13 @@ WHILE-LIST."
(write-passwd (list passwd))
(write-group groups)
+ (unless network?
+ ;; When isolated from the network, provide a minimal /etc/hosts
+ ;; to resolve "localhost".
+ (call-with-output-file "/etc/hosts"
+ (lambda (port)
+ (display "127.0.0.1 localhost\n" port))))
+
;; For convenience, start in the user's current working
;; directory or, if unmapped, the home directory.
(chdir (if map-cwd?
diff --git a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
index 040f32cce9..3674aa6026 100644
--- a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ else
test $? = 42
fi
+# Make sure "localhost" resolves.
+guix environment --container --ad-hoc --bootstrap guile-bootstrap \
+ -- guile -c '(exit (pair? (getaddrinfo "localhost" "80")))'
+
# Make sure '--preserve' is honored.
result="`FOOBAR=42; export FOOBAR; guix environment -C --ad-hoc --bootstrap \
guile-bootstrap -E ^FOO -- guile -c '(display (getenv \"FOOBAR\"))'`"