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-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/environment.scm | 34 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tests/guix-environment.sh | 17 |
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 512b3ae9ce..69129d5835 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5997,6 +5997,21 @@ The @code{--container} option requires Linux-libre 3.19 or newer. The available options are summarized below. @table @code +@item --root=@var{file} +@itemx -r @var{file} +@cindex persistent environment +@cindex garbage collector root, for environments +Make @var{file} a symlink to the profile for this environment, and +register it as a garbage collector root. + +This is useful if you want to protect your environment from garbage +collection, to make it ``persistent''. + +When this option is omitted, the environment is protected from garbage +collection only for the duration of the @command{guix environment} +session. This means that next time you recreate the same environment, +you could have to rebuild or re-download packages. + @item --expression=@var{expr} @itemx -e @var{expr} Create an environment for the package or list of packages that diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm index 7201d98fea..1d3be6a84f 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm @@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ COMMAND or an interactive shell in that environment.\n")) (display (_ " -s, --system=SYSTEM attempt to build for SYSTEM--e.g., \"i686-linux\"")) (display (_ " + -r, --root=FILE make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it + as a garbage collector root")) + (display (_ " -C, --container run command within an isolated container")) (display (_ " -N, --network allow containers to access the network")) @@ -247,6 +250,9 @@ COMMAND or an interactive shell in that environment.\n")) (alist-cons 'file-system-mapping (specification->file-system-mapping arg #f) result))) + (option '(#\r "root") #t #f + (lambda (opt name arg result) + (alist-cons 'gc-root arg result))) (option '("bootstrap") #f #f (lambda (opt name arg result) (alist-cons 'bootstrap? #t result))) @@ -523,7 +529,26 @@ message if any test fails." (report-error (_ "cannot create container: /proc/self/setgroups does not exist\n")) (leave (_ "is your kernel version < 3.19?\n")))) -;; Entry point. +(define (register-gc-root target root) + "Make ROOT an indirect root to TARGET. This is procedure is idempotent." + (let* ((root (string-append (canonicalize-path (dirname root)) + "/" root))) + (catch 'system-error + (lambda () + (symlink target root) + ((store-lift add-indirect-root) root)) + (lambda args + (if (and (= EEXIST (system-error-errno args)) + (equal? (false-if-exception (readlink root)) target)) + (with-monad %store-monad + (return #t)) + (apply throw args)))))) + + +;;; +;;; Entry point. +;;; + (define (guix-environment . args) (with-error-handling (let* ((opts (parse-args args)) @@ -579,7 +604,9 @@ message if any test fails." system)) (prof-drv (inputs->profile-derivation inputs system bootstrap?)) - (profile -> (derivation->output-path prof-drv))) + (profile -> (derivation->output-path prof-drv)) + (gc-root -> (assoc-ref opts 'gc-root))) + ;; First build the inputs. This is necessary even for ;; --search-paths. Additionally, we might need to build bash for ;; a container. @@ -588,6 +615,9 @@ message if any test fails." (list prof-drv bash) (list prof-drv)) opts) + (mwhen gc-root + (register-gc-root profile gc-root)) + (cond ((assoc-ref opts 'dry-run?) (return #t)) diff --git a/tests/guix-environment.sh b/tests/guix-environment.sh index 68343520b0..2b3bbfe036 100644 --- a/tests/guix-environment.sh +++ b/tests/guix-environment.sh @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ set -e guix environment --version tmpdir="t-guix-environment-$$" -trap 'rm -r "$tmpdir"' EXIT +gcroot="t-guix-environment-gc-root-$$" +trap 'rm -r "$tmpdir"; rm -f "$gcroot"' EXIT mkdir "$tmpdir" @@ -61,6 +62,20 @@ fi guix environment --bootstrap --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap --pure \ -- "$SHELL" -c 'test -f "$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/bin/guile"' +# Make sure '-r' works as expected. +rm -f "$gcroot" +expected="`guix environment --bootstrap --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap \ + -- "$SHELL" -c 'echo $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT'`" +guix environment --bootstrap -r "$gcroot" --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap \ + -- guile -c 1 +test `readlink "$gcroot"` = "$expected" + +# Make sure '-r' is idempotent. +guix environment --bootstrap -r "$gcroot" --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap \ + -- guile -c 1 +test `readlink "$gcroot"` = "$expected" + + case "`uname -m`" in x86_64) # On x86_64, we should be able to create a 32-bit environment. |