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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-10-25 16:32:01 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-11-15 14:15:11 -0500
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guix: shell: Add '--symlink' option.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%options): Extract symlink parsing logic to...
(symlink-spec-option-parser): ... here.
(self-contained-tarball/builder): Add a comment mentioning why a relative file
name is used for the link target.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-environment-options-help): Document new
--symlink option.
(%default-options): Add default value for symlinks.
(%options): Register new symlink option.
(launch-environment/container): Add #:symlinks argument and extend doc, and
create symlinks using evaluate-populate-directive.
(guix-environment*): Pass symlinks arguments to launch-environment/container.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Document it.
* tests/guix-shell.sh: Add a --symlink (negative) test.
* tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Add tests.
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2021 Christine Lemmer-Webber@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Marius Bakke@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 Hartmut Goebel@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Maxim Cournoyer@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Maxim Cournoyer@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017–2022 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017 George Clemmer@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Andy Wingo@*
@@ -6246,6 +6246,12 @@ directory:
 guix shell --container --expose=$HOME=/exchange guile -- guile
 @end example
 
+@cindex symbolic links, guix shell
+@item --symlink=@var{spec}
+@itemx -S @var{spec}
+For containers, create the symbolic links specified by @var{spec}, as
+documented in @ref{pack-symlink-option}.
+
 @cindex file system hierarchy standard (FHS)
 @cindex FHS (file system hierarchy standard)
 @item --emulate-fhs
@@ -7038,6 +7044,7 @@ Compress the resulting tarball using @var{tool}---one of @code{gzip},
 @code{zstd}, @code{bzip2}, @code{xz}, @code{lzip}, or @code{none} for no
 compression.
 
+@anchor{pack-symlink-option}
 @item --symlink=@var{spec}
 @itemx -S @var{spec}
 Add the symlinks specified by @var{spec} to the pack.  This option can