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authorDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-10-30 21:02:51 -0400
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scripts: environment: Allow lists of packages in expressions.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (options/resolve-packages): Match against lists of packages when evaluating expressions. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Add docs.
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@@ -4730,7 +4730,8 @@ The available options are summarized below.
@table @code
@item --expression=@var{expr}
@itemx -e @var{expr}
-Create an environment for the package that @var{expr} evaluates to.
+Create an environment for the package or list of packages that
+@var{expr} evaluates to.
For example, running:
@@ -4741,10 +4742,18 @@ guix environment -e '(@@ (gnu packages maths) petsc-openmpi)'
starts a shell with the environment for this specific variant of the
PETSc package.
+Running:
+
+@example
+guix environment --ad-hoc -e '(@ (gnu) %base-packages)'
+@end example
+
+starts a shell with all the GuixSD base packages available.
+
@item --load=@var{file}
@itemx -l @var{file}
-Create an environment for the package that the code within @var{file}
-evaluates to.
+Create an environment for the package or list of packages that the code
+within @var{file} evaluates to.
As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this
(@pxref{Defining Packages}):