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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-06-07 14:36:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-06-07 14:36:32 +0200 |
| commit | fa511e29526891743172cedbb17fa7ef75bd2d46 (patch) | |
| tree | fb80ed81b3e685e1b4d3b61584ac8e5186d4b6d2 | |
| parent | 8a7304d60986fd1f6a98301a2ceb0b2b0ac993ce (diff) | |
| download | guix-fa511e29526891743172cedbb17fa7ef75bd2d46.tar.gz | |
doc: Use 'guix environment --no-grafts' to debug build failures.
* doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Pass --no-grafts to 'guix environment' and explain.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 13e692ff66..f69c84dea6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5329,7 +5329,7 @@ a container similar to the one the build daemon creates: $ guix build -K foo @dots{} $ cd /tmp/guix-build-foo.drv-0 -$ guix environment -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb +$ guix environment --no-grafts -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb [env]# source ./environment-variables [env]# cd foo-1.2 @end example @@ -5337,7 +5337,10 @@ $ guix environment -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb Here, @command{guix environment -C} creates a container and spawns a new shell in it (@pxref{Invoking guix environment}). The @command{--ad-hoc strace gdb} part adds the @command{strace} and @command{gdb} commands to -the container, which would may find handy while debugging. +the container, which would may find handy while debugging. The +@option{--no-grafts} option makes sure we get the exact same +environment, with ungrafted packages (@pxref{Security Updates}, for more +info on grafts). To get closer to a container like that used by the build daemon, we can remove @file{/bin/sh}: |