From 2b529a376a7fd839c00fc6b9053df685d4f644d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lee Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:44:56 -0500 Subject: doc: Explain how to exit and clean up a Guix environment. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Explain how to exit and clean up a Guix environment. The current documentation doesn't explain how to exit an environment or how to remove the packages after exiting. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Goaziou --- doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 68abb968b0..d1c6acddcf 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5558,6 +5558,12 @@ they should be defined in @file{.bash_profile}, which is sourced only by log-in shells. @xref{Bash Startup Files,,, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for details on Bash start-up files.}. +Exiting from a Guix environment is the same as exiting from the shell, +and will place the user back in the old environment before @command{guix +environment} was invoked. The next garbage collection (@pxref{Invoking +guix gc}) will clean up packages that were installed from within the +environment and are no longer used outside of it. + @vindex GUIX_ENVIRONMENT @command{guix environment} defines the @env{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT} variable in the shell it spawns; its value is the file name of the -- cgit v1.2.3