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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2022-10-25 16:32:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2022-11-15 14:15:11 -0500 |
| commit | b31ea797edb4f6e8c14e8fe790da1319607c5cb1 (patch) | |
| tree | c6bf193454e41569d90b45fb8add0e04ec392366 /doc | |
| parent | 0bb872b379a98e4523c8f8d946e581bad1c4c323 (diff) | |
| download | guix-b31ea797edb4f6e8c14e8fe790da1319607c5cb1.tar.gz | |
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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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 75b7f4adcb..4d974be53e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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 |