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| author | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2015-10-30 21:02:51 -0400 |
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| committer | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2015-10-30 21:02:51 -0400 |
| commit | c9c282cea04ec5a3ee7bd17e6ad8846600220feb (patch) | |
| tree | 7714b28669469994919ab41331e8a27d38af4368 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 4fca58a6c6f0a5c7d3ac2363557fabeb6524865d (diff) | |
| download | patches-c9c282cea04ec5a3ee7bd17e6ad8846600220feb.tar patches-c9c282cea04ec5a3ee7bd17e6ad8846600220feb.tar.gz | |
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a164608b73..84f194b14b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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}): |