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authorLudovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr>2019-02-15 08:45:57 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-02-16 01:00:08 +0100
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environment: Add '--inherit'.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (purify-environment): Add 'white-list' parameter and honor it. (create-environment): Add #:white-list parameter and honor it. (launch-environment): Likewise. (launch-environment/fork): Likewise. (show-help, %options): Add '--inherit'. (guix-environment): Define 'white-list' and pass it to 'launch-environment/fork'. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Test '--inherit'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it.
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@@ -4454,9 +4454,24 @@ default behavior. Packages appearing after are interpreted as packages
that will be added to the environment directly.
@item --pure
-Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment.
-This has the effect of creating an environment in which search paths
-only contain package inputs.
+Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment, except
+those specified with @option{--inherit} (see below.) This has the effect of
+creating an environment in which search paths only contain package inputs.
+
+@item --inherit=@var{regexp}
+When used alongside @option{--pure}, inherit all the environment variables
+matching @var{regexp}---in other words, put them on a ``white list'' of
+environment variables that must be preserved.
+
+@example
+guix environment --pure --inherit=^SLURM --ad-hoc openmpi @dots{} \
+ -- mpirun @dots{}
+@end example
+
+This example runs @command{mpirun} in a context where the only environment
+variables defined are @code{PATH}, environment variables whose name starts
+with @code{SLURM}, as well as the usual ``precious'' variables (@code{HOME},
+@code{USER}, etc.)
@item --search-paths
Display the environment variable definitions that make up the