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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/environment.scm | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/guix-environment-container.sh | 10 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f7e2204b53..949551a163 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5420,8 +5420,9 @@ device. @item --link-profile @itemx -P For containers, link the environment profile to @file{~/.guix-profile} -within the container. This is equivalent to running the command -@samp{ln -s $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT ~/.guix-profile} within the container. +within the container and set @code{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT} to that. +This is equivalent to making @file{~/.guix-profile} a symlink to the +actual profile within the container. Linking will fail and abort the environment if the directory already exists, which will certainly be the case if @command{guix environment} was invoked in the user's home directory. diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm index ad50281eb2..e2e481dd02 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm @@ -564,7 +564,11 @@ WHILE-LIST." (primitive-exit/status ;; A container's environment is already purified, so no need to ;; request it be purified again. - (launch-environment command profile manifest #:pure? #f))) + (launch-environment command + (if link-profile? + (string-append home-dir "/.guix-profile") + profile) + manifest #:pure? #f))) #:guest-uid uid #:guest-gid gid #:namespaces (if network? diff --git a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh index 45264d4978..040f32cce9 100644 --- a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh +++ b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh @@ -127,11 +127,15 @@ grep -e "$NIX_STORE_DIR/.*-bash" $tmpdir/mounts # bootstrap bash rm $tmpdir/mounts -# Make sure 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' is linked to '~/.guix-profile' when requested +# Make sure 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' is set to '~/.guix-profile' when requested # within a container. ( - linktest='(exit (string=? (getenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT") -(readlink (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile"))))' + linktest=' +(exit (and (string=? (getenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT") + (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile")) + (string-prefix? "'"$NIX_STORE_DIR"'" + (readlink (string-append (getenv "HOME") + "/.guix-profile")))))' cd "$tmpdir" \ && guix environment --bootstrap --container --link-profile \ |