bug#57467: [EXT] Re: bug#57467: 'guix shell' does not honor default behavior when given a specific command to run

[Thompson, David]

Hi Maxime,

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 6:29 AM Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

On 29-08-2022 03:28, Thompson, David wrote:

Hi again,

I decided to just implement the fix and see what people think of it.  Simply removing a check for non-interactive invocation solves the issue and now 'guix shell' and 'guix shell -- make' act exactly the same except for which command they run.  Patch attached.

The interactive check is a feature, not a bug:

Could you please explain why it's a feature? I've provided an example that shows how it is confusing and unexpected.

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50960#69:
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Agreed. The automatic reading of guix.scm/manifest.scm, if we keep it,

should only happen in interactive use; I’ll double-check and make sure

this is the case.

It might still be possible to solve 57467, but I don't think this patch is the solution.

Could you propose an alternate solution?  What are the next steps here?  Right now all I know is that you don't like my patch.

- Dave