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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 5eb7f9d645..557809f0d2 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ where @command{guix pull} will install updates (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}): ~root/.config/guix/current @end example -Source @file{etc/profile} to augment @code{PATH} and other relevant +Source @file{etc/profile} to augment @env{PATH} and other relevant environment variables: @example @@ -1004,15 +1004,15 @@ a writable @file{/tmp} directory. @end itemize You can influence the directory where the daemon stores build trees -@i{via} the @code{TMPDIR} environment variable. However, the build tree +@i{via} the @env{TMPDIR} environment variable. However, the build tree within the chroot is always called @file{/tmp/guix-build-@var{name}.drv-0}, where @var{name} is the derivation name---e.g., @code{coreutils-8.24}. -This way, the value of @code{TMPDIR} does not leak inside build +This way, the value of @env{TMPDIR} does not leak inside build environments, which avoids discrepancies in cases where build processes capture the name of their build tree. @vindex http_proxy -The daemon also honors the @code{http_proxy} environment variable for +The daemon also honors the @env{http_proxy} environment variable for HTTP downloads it performs, be it for fixed-output derivations (@pxref{Derivations}) or for substitutes (@pxref{Substitutes}). @@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ etc. This helps achieve reproducible builds (@pxref{Features}). When the daemon performs a build on behalf of the user, it creates a build directory under @file{/tmp} or under the directory specified by -its @code{TMPDIR} environment variable. This directory is shared with +its @env{TMPDIR} environment variable. This directory is shared with the container for the duration of the build, though within the container, the build tree is always called @file{/tmp/guix-build-@var{name}.drv-0}. @@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ The default value is @code{0}, but it may be overridden by clients, such as the @option{--cores} option of @command{guix build} (@pxref{Invoking guix build}). -The effect is to define the @code{NIX_BUILD_CORES} environment variable +The effect is to define the @env{NIX_BUILD_CORES} environment variable in the build process, which can then use it to exploit internal parallelism---for instance, by running @code{make -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES}. @@ -1569,8 +1569,8 @@ Listen for TCP connections on the network interface corresponding to This option can be repeated multiple times, in which case @command{guix-daemon} accepts connections on all the specified endpoints. Users can tell client commands what endpoint to connect to -by setting the @code{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} environment variable -(@pxref{The Store, @code{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET}}). +by setting the @env{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} environment variable +(@pxref{The Store, @env{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET}}). @quotation Note The daemon protocol is @emph{unauthenticated and unencrypted}. Using @@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ get everything in place. Here are some of them. @vindex GUIX_LOCPATH Packages installed @i{via} Guix will not use the locale data of the host system. Instead, you must first install one of the locale packages -available with Guix and then define the @code{GUIX_LOCPATH} environment +available with Guix and then define the @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} environment variable: @example @@ -1615,19 +1615,19 @@ locales supported by the GNU@tie{}libc and weighs in at around 917@tie{}MiB. Alternatively, the @code{glibc-utf8-locales} is smaller but limited to a few UTF-8 locales. -The @code{GUIX_LOCPATH} variable plays a role similar to @code{LOCPATH} -(@pxref{Locale Names, @code{LOCPATH},, libc, The GNU C Library Reference +The @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} variable plays a role similar to @env{LOCPATH} +(@pxref{Locale Names, @env{LOCPATH},, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}). There are two important differences though: @enumerate @item -@code{GUIX_LOCPATH} is honored only by the libc in Guix, and not by the libc -provided by foreign distros. Thus, using @code{GUIX_LOCPATH} allows you +@env{GUIX_LOCPATH} is honored only by the libc in Guix, and not by the libc +provided by foreign distros. Thus, using @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} allows you to make sure the programs of the foreign distro will not end up loading incompatible locale data. @item -libc suffixes each entry of @code{GUIX_LOCPATH} with @code{/X.Y}, where +libc suffixes each entry of @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} with @code{/X.Y}, where @code{X.Y} is the libc version---e.g., @code{2.22}. This means that, should your Guix profile contain a mixture of programs linked against different libc version, each libc version will only try to load locale @@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ information. When you install Emacs packages with Guix, the Elisp files are placed under the @file{share/emacs/site-lisp/} directory of the profile in which they are installed. The Elisp libraries are made available to -Emacs through the @code{EMACSLOADPATH} environment variable, which is +Emacs through the @env{EMACSLOADPATH} environment variable, which is set when installing Emacs itself. Additionally, autoload definitions are automatically evaluated at the @@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}). @quotation Note @cindex sudo vs. @command{guix pull} Note that @command{sudo guix} runs your user's @command{guix} command and -@emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @code{PATH} unchanged. To +@emph{not} root's, because @command{sudo} leaves @env{PATH} unchanged. To explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}. The difference matters here, because @command{guix pull} updates @@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ passes it @i{via} the @option{--manifest} option For each user, a symlink to the user's default profile is automatically created in @file{$HOME/.guix-profile}. This symlink always points to the current generation of the user's default profile. Thus, users can add -@file{$HOME/.guix-profile/bin} to their @code{PATH} environment +@file{$HOME/.guix-profile/bin} to their @env{PATH} environment variable, and so on. @cindex search paths If you are not using Guix System, consider adding the @@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@ $ guix package -p bar -i guile-json $ guix package -p foo -p bar --search-paths @end example -The last command above reports about the @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} +The last command above reports about the @env{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} variable, even though, taken individually, neither @file{foo} nor @file{bar} would lead to that recommendation. @@ -3216,7 +3216,7 @@ Options}). It also supports package transformation options, such as @option{--with-source} (@pxref{Package Transformation Options}). However, note that package transformations are lost when upgrading; to preserve transformations across upgrades, you should define your own -package variant in a Guile module and add it to @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} +package variant in a Guile module and add it to @env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} (@pxref{Defining Packages}). @node Substitutes @@ -3377,10 +3377,10 @@ authenticating bindings between domain names and public keys.) @vindex http_proxy Substitutes are downloaded over HTTP or HTTPS. -The @code{http_proxy} environment +The @env{http_proxy} environment variable can be set in the environment of @command{guix-daemon} and is honored for downloads of substitutes. Note that the value of -@code{http_proxy} in the environment where @command{guix build}, +@env{http_proxy} in the environment where @command{guix build}, @command{guix package}, and other client commands are run has @emph{absolutely no effect}. @@ -4802,7 +4802,7 @@ Another typical use case for containers is to run security-sensitive applications such as a web browser. To run Eolie, we must expose and share some files and directories; we include @code{nss-certs} and expose @file{/etc/ssl/certs/} for HTTPS authentication; finally we preserve the -the @code{DISPLAY} environment variable since containerized graphical +the @env{DISPLAY} environment variable since containerized graphical applications won't display without it. @example @@ -4927,9 +4927,9 @@ guix environment --pure --preserve=^SLURM --ad-hoc openmpi @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.) +variables defined are @env{PATH}, environment variables whose name starts +with @samp{SLURM}, as well as the usual ``precious'' variables (@env{HOME}, +@env{USER}, etc.) @item --search-paths Display the environment variable definitions that make up the @@ -5372,7 +5372,7 @@ The wrapper's purpose is to inspect the @code{-L} and @code{-l} switches passed to the linker, add corresponding @code{-rpath} arguments, and invoke the actual linker with this new set of arguments. You can instruct the wrapper to refuse to link against libraries not in the store by setting the -@code{GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_ALLOW_IMPURITIES} environment variable to @code{no}. +@env{GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_ALLOW_IMPURITIES} environment variable to @code{no}. @@ -5445,7 +5445,7 @@ names---e.g., @code{(my-packages emacs)}@footnote{Note that the file name and module name must match. For instance, the @code{(my-packages emacs)} module must be stored in a @file{my-packages/emacs.scm} file relative to the load path specified with @option{--load-path} or -@code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}. @xref{Modules and the File System,,, +@env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}. @xref{Modules and the File System,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}, for details.}. There are two ways to make these package definitions visible to the user interfaces: @@ -5453,7 +5453,7 @@ these package definitions visible to the user interfaces: @item By adding the directory containing your package modules to the search path with the @code{-L} flag of @command{guix package} and other commands -(@pxref{Common Build Options}), or by setting the @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} +(@pxref{Common Build Options}), or by setting the @env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} environment variable described below. @item @@ -5463,7 +5463,7 @@ modules. @xref{Channels}, for more information on how to define and use channels. @end enumerate -@code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} works similarly to other search path variables: +@env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH} works similarly to other search path variables: @defvr {Environment Variable} GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH This is a colon-separated list of directories to search for additional @@ -6418,7 +6418,7 @@ The phase @code{glib-or-gtk-wrap} ensures that programs in @file{bin/} are able to find GLib ``schemas'' and @uref{https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-running.html, GTK+ modules}. This is achieved by wrapping the programs in launch scripts -that appropriately set the @code{XDG_DATA_DIRS} and @code{GTK_PATH} +that appropriately set the @env{XDG_DATA_DIRS} and @env{GTK_PATH} environment variables. It is possible to exclude specific package outputs from that wrapping @@ -6533,7 +6533,7 @@ Note that most OCaml packages assume they will be installed in the same directory as OCaml, which is not what we want in guix. In particular, they will install @file{.so} files in their module's directory, which is usually fine because it is in the OCaml compiler directory. In guix though, these -libraries cannot be found and we use @code{CAML_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}. This +libraries cannot be found and we use @env{CAML_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}. This variable points to @file{lib/ocaml/site-lib/stubslibs} and this is where @file{.so} libraries should be installed. @end defvr @@ -6545,7 +6545,7 @@ packages, which consists in running @code{python setup.py build} and then @code{python setup.py install --prefix=/gnu/store/@dots{}}. For packages that install stand-alone Python programs under @code{bin/}, -it takes care of wrapping these programs so that their @code{PYTHONPATH} +it takes care of wrapping these programs so that their @env{PYTHONPATH} environment variable points to all the Python libraries they depend on. Which Python package is used to perform the build can be specified with @@ -6619,10 +6619,10 @@ This phase is added after the @code{install} phase. @defvr {Scheme Variable} r-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system r)}. It implements the build procedure used by @uref{https://r-project.org, R} -packages, which essentially is little more than running @code{R CMD +packages, which essentially is little more than running @samp{R CMD INSTALL --library=/gnu/store/@dots{}} in an environment where -@code{R_LIBS_SITE} contains the paths to all R package inputs. Tests -are run after installation using the R function +@env{R_LIBS_SITE} contains the paths to all R package inputs. Tests are +run after installation using the R function @code{tools::testInstalledPackage}. @end defvr @@ -6647,7 +6647,7 @@ with @code{#:zef} or removed by passing @code{#f} to the @defvr {Scheme Variable} texlive-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system texlive)}. It is used to build TeX packages in batch mode with a specified engine. The -build system sets the @code{TEXINPUTS} variable to find all TeX source +build system sets the @env{TEXINPUTS} variable to find all TeX source files in the inputs. By default it runs @code{luatex} on all files ending on @code{ins}. A @@ -6900,7 +6900,7 @@ The @code{(guix store)} module provides procedures to connect to the daemon, and to perform RPCs. These are described below. By default, @code{open-connection}, and thus all the @command{guix} commands, connect to the local daemon or to the URI specified by the -@code{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} environment variable. +@env{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} environment variable. @defvr {Environment Variable} GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET When set, the value of this variable should be a file name or a URI @@ -6940,7 +6940,7 @@ instruct it to listen for TCP connections (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @cindex SSH access to build daemons These URIs allow you to connect to a remote daemon over SSH. This feature requires Guile-SSH (@pxref{Requirements}) and a working -@code{guile} binary in @code{PATH} on the destination machine. It +@command{guile} binary in @env{PATH} on the destination machine. It supports public key and GSSAPI authentication. A typical URL might look like this: @@ -8302,7 +8302,7 @@ build issues. This option implies @option{--no-offload}, and it has no effect when connecting to a remote daemon with a @code{guix://} URI (@pxref{The -Store, the @code{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} variable}). +Store, the @env{GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET} variable}). @item --keep-going @itemx -k @@ -8413,7 +8413,7 @@ derivations)} module. In addition to options explicitly passed on the command line, @command{guix build} and other @command{guix} commands that support -building honor the @code{GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS} environment variable. +building honor the @env{GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS} environment variable. @defvr {Environment Variable} GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS Users can define this variable to a list of command line options that @@ -8949,7 +8949,7 @@ GnuTLS-Guile}, for more information. @command{guix download} verifies HTTPS server certificates by loading the certificates of X.509 authorities from the directory pointed to by -the @code{SSL_CERT_DIR} environment variable (@pxref{X.509 +the @env{SSL_CERT_DIR} environment variable (@pxref{X.509 Certificates}), unless @option{--no-check-certificate} is used. The following options are available: @@ -9782,7 +9782,7 @@ GitHub will eventually refuse to answer any further API requests. By default 60 API requests per hour are allowed, and a full refresh on all GitHub packages in Guix requires more than this. Authentication with GitHub through the use of an API token alleviates these limits. To use -an API token, set the environment variable @code{GUIX_GITHUB_TOKEN} to a +an API token, set the environment variable @env{GUIX_GITHUB_TOKEN} to a token procured from @uref{https://github.com/settings/tokens} or otherwise. @@ -11098,7 +11098,7 @@ configuration options. @vindex %base-packages The @code{packages} field lists packages that will be globally visible -on the system, for all user accounts---i.e., in every user's @code{PATH} +on the system, for all user accounts---i.e., in every user's @env{PATH} environment variable---in addition to the per-user profiles (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). The @code{%base-packages} variable provides all the tools one would expect for basic user and administrator @@ -12123,8 +12123,8 @@ The compiled locale definitions are available at @file{/run/current-system/locale/X.Y}, where @code{X.Y} is the libc version, which is the default location where the GNU@tie{}libc provided by Guix looks for locale data. This can be overridden using the -@code{LOCPATH} environment variable (@pxref{locales-and-locpath, -@code{LOCPATH} and locale packages}). +@env{LOCPATH} environment variable (@pxref{locales-and-locpath, +@env{LOCPATH} and locale packages}). The @code{locale-definition} form is provided by the @code{(gnu system locale)} module. Details are given below. @@ -12182,7 +12182,7 @@ read locale data produced with libc 2.22; worse, that program data@footnote{Versions 2.23 and later of GNU@tie{}libc will simply skip the incompatible locale data, which is already an improvement.}. Similarly, a program linked against libc 2.22 can read most, but not -all, of the locale data from libc 2.21 (specifically, @code{LC_COLLATE} +all, of the locale data from libc 2.21 (specifically, @env{LC_COLLATE} data is incompatible); thus calls to @code{setlocale} may fail, but programs will not abort. @@ -12192,8 +12192,8 @@ be using a libc version different from the one the system administrator used to build the system-wide locale data. Fortunately, unprivileged users can also install their own locale data -and define @var{GUIX_LOCPATH} accordingly (@pxref{locales-and-locpath, -@code{GUIX_LOCPATH} and locale packages}). +and define @env{GUIX_LOCPATH} accordingly (@pxref{locales-and-locpath, +@env{GUIX_LOCPATH} and locale packages}). Still, it is best if the system-wide locale data at @file{/run/current-system/locale} is built for all the libc versions @@ -12480,7 +12480,7 @@ A string containing a comma-separated list of one or more baud rates, in descending order. @item @code{term} (default: @code{#f}) -A string containing the value used for the @code{TERM} environment +A string containing the value used for the @env{TERM} environment variable. @item @code{eight-bits?} (default: @code{#f}) @@ -14313,7 +14313,7 @@ List of strings describing which environment variables may be exported. Each string gets on its own line. See the @code{AcceptEnv} option in @code{man sshd_config}. -This example allows ssh-clients to export the @code{COLORTERM} variable. +This example allows ssh-clients to export the @env{COLORTERM} variable. It is set by terminal emulators, which support colors. You can use it in your shell's resource file to enable colors for the prompt and commands if this variable is set. @@ -16405,8 +16405,8 @@ via @code{pulseaudio-configuration}, see below. @quotation Warning This service overrides per-user configuration files. If you want PulseAudio to honor configuraton files in @file{~/.config/pulse} you -have to unset the environment variables @code{PULSE_CONFIG} and -@code{PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG} in your @file{~/.bash_profile}. +have to unset the environment variables @env{PULSE_CONFIG} and +@env{PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG} in your @file{~/.bash_profile}. @end quotation @quotation Warning @@ -22713,7 +22713,7 @@ To add build jobs, you have to set the @code{specifications} field of the configuration. Here is an example of a service that polls the Guix repository and builds the packages from a manifest. Some of the packages are defined in the @code{"custom-packages"} input, which is the equivalent of -@code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}. +@env{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}. @lisp (define %cuirass-specs @@ -25530,7 +25530,7 @@ for anyone at login: Some @code{volume} elements must be added to automatically mount volumes at login. Here's an example allowing the user @code{alice} to mount her -encrypted @code{HOME} directory and allowing the user @code{bob} to mount +encrypted @env{HOME} directory and allowing the user @code{bob} to mount the partition where he stores his data: @lisp @@ -26181,10 +26181,10 @@ Unprivileged users, including users of Guix on a foreign distro, can also install their own certificate package in their profile. A number of environment variables need to be defined so that applications and libraries know where to find them. Namely, the -OpenSSL library honors the @code{SSL_CERT_DIR} and @code{SSL_CERT_FILE} +OpenSSL library honors the @env{SSL_CERT_DIR} and @env{SSL_CERT_FILE} variables. Some applications add their own environment variables; for instance, the Git version control system honors the certificate bundle -pointed to by the @code{GIT_SSL_CAINFO} environment variable. Thus, you +pointed to by the @env{GIT_SSL_CAINFO} environment variable. Thus, you would typically run something like: @example @@ -26194,7 +26194,7 @@ export SSL_CERT_FILE="$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" export GIT_SSL_CAINFO="$SSL_CERT_FILE" @end example -As another example, R requires the @code{CURL_CA_BUNDLE} environment +As another example, R requires the @env{CURL_CA_BUNDLE} environment variable to point to a certificate bundle, so you would have to run something like this: |