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[bug#35910] [PATCH] services: Add ‘/usr/bin/env’ special file.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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[bug#35910] [PATCH] services: Add ‘/usr/bin/env’ special file. |
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Wed, 29 May 2019 23:06:24 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> skribis:
> I didn't even realise this was ‘missing’. Is there any reason not to include
> it next to /bin/sh?
>
> Sure, it's not pure, but then why provide /bin/sh when nowadays /usr/bin/env
> is both more common, more flexible,>
>
> Feel free to gently enlighten me.
The ‘special-files’ service, ‘extra-special-file’, and related
documentation, including a snippet for adding /usr/bin/env (info "(guix)
Base Services"), stem from this discussion:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-02/msg00205.html
So, do people want to add /usr/bin/env by default? :-)
Thanks,
Ludo’.