Re: [WIP Patch] Adding an FHS container to guix shell

[John Kehayias]

Hi simon,


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On Thursday, July 14th, 2022 at 6:01 AM, zimoun wrote:

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> Hi
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> On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 at 15:59, John Kehayias wrote:
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> > Apologies for the long email, so let me start with the punchline:
> > attached is a diff which adds an '--fhs-container' (or -F) option to
> > guix shell/environment to set up an FHS-like container. This includes
> > the usual /lib directory and a glibc which loads (a generated in the
> > container) /etc/ld.so.cache. This should allow running most things
> > that expect a more "typical" Linux environment. Give it a try!
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>
> Cool! Well, I am not sure if this could help with the long time ago
> proposed “guix run” [1].
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> 1: https://yhetil.org/guix/87zi51r3cg.fsf@gnu.org
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>

Oh, I do remember seeing that mentioned once. From my quick read sounds similar 
to some of what we have for guix shell, with some thoughts on how to set up the 
environment better. Something to look into, thanks!

John