bug#63234: closed (cached guix shell environment not capturing environment variables set in manifest)

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environment variables set in manifest
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #63234,
regarding cached guix shell environment not capturing environment variables set 
in manifest
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> cached guix shell environment not capturing environment variables set in manifest
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> Tue, 02 May 2023 11:34:59 -0400
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> Hi Guix,
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> Consider the following manifest.scm file:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setenv "DUMMY" "hello")
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> (packages->manifest
>  (map specification->package
>       (list "hello")))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> Running:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix shell --rebuild-cache -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
> hello
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> $ guix shell -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> I think this is a recent behavior change, otherwise I wouldn't have
> gotten fond of that trick ;-).
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> -- 
> Thanks,
> Maxim
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> Re: bug#63234: cached guix shell environment not capturing environment variables set in manifest
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> Hi,
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
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> > Hi,
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> > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
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> >> Consider the following manifest.scm file:
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> >> (setenv "DUMMY" "hello")
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> >> (packages->manifest
> >>  (map specification->package
> >>       (list "hello")))
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> >> Running:
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> >> $ guix shell --rebuild-cache -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
> >> hello
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> >> $ guix shell -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
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> >> I think this is a recent behavior change, otherwise I wouldn't have
> >> gotten fond of that trick ;-).
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> > Hmm, I don’t think it’s a recent change.  It’s a trick that might work
> > “by chance” but cannot be relied on.
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> > Not-a-bug to me!
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> Ah!  Okay then :-).  I'll stop using such trick.
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> -- 
> Thanks,
> Maxim
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