From fa511e29526891743172cedbb17fa7ef75bd2d46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 14:36:32 +0200 Subject: doc: Use 'guix environment --no-grafts' to debug build failures. * doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Pass --no-grafts to 'guix environment' and explain. --- doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 13e692ff66..f69c84dea6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5329,7 +5329,7 @@ a container similar to the one the build daemon creates: $ guix build -K foo @dots{} $ cd /tmp/guix-build-foo.drv-0 -$ guix environment -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb +$ guix environment --no-grafts -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb [env]# source ./environment-variables [env]# cd foo-1.2 @end example @@ -5337,7 +5337,10 @@ $ guix environment -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb Here, @command{guix environment -C} creates a container and spawns a new shell in it (@pxref{Invoking guix environment}). The @command{--ad-hoc strace gdb} part adds the @command{strace} and @command{gdb} commands to -the container, which would may find handy while debugging. +the container, which would may find handy while debugging. The +@option{--no-grafts} option makes sure we get the exact same +environment, with ungrafted packages (@pxref{Security Updates}, for more +info on grafts). To get closer to a container like that used by the build daemon, we can remove @file{/bin/sh}: -- cgit v1.2.3