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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7fcfcb1454..1b77881eb6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4456,17 +4456,18 @@ that will be added to the environment directly. @item --pure Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment, except -those specified with @option{--inherit} (see below.) This has the effect of +those specified with @option{--preserve} (see below.) This has the effect of creating an environment in which search paths only contain package inputs. -@item --inherit=@var{regexp} -When used alongside @option{--pure}, inherit all the environment variables +@item --preserve=@var{regexp} +@itemx -E @var{regexp} +When used alongside @option{--pure}, preserve the environment variables matching @var{regexp}---in other words, put them on a ``white list'' of environment variables that must be preserved. This option can be repeated several times. @example -guix environment --pure --inherit=^SLURM --ad-hoc openmpi @dots{} \ +guix environment --pure --preserve=^SLURM --ad-hoc openmpi @dots{} \ -- mpirun @dots{} @end example |