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

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Consider the following manifest.scm file:
>>
>> (setenv "DUMMY" "hello")
>>
>> (packages->manifest
>>  (map specification->package
>>       (list "hello")))
>>
>>
>> Running:
>>
>> $ guix shell --rebuild-cache -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
>> hello
>>
>> $ guix shell -m manifest.scm -- sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'
>>
>> I think this is a recent behavior change, otherwise I wouldn't have
>> gotten fond of that trick ;-).
>
> Hmm, I don’t think it’s a recent change.  It’s a trick that might work
> “by chance” but cannot be relied on.
>
> Not-a-bug to me!

Ah!  Okay then :-).  I'll stop using such trick.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim