Re: how to "guix pack" a profile?

[elaexuotee]

At this point, I am probably firmly in kOOk territory. :p

For now I will stay silent on the issue until I have some concrete code to
share.

Thank you for sincerely engaging with me.

Cheers,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 14:34, <elaexuotee@wilsonb.com> wrote:
> > > > 1. Composable profiles,
> > >
> > > This is already possible.
> >
> > Would you kindly point me to the documentation? I am failing to find it.
> 
>   guix install hello -p foo
>   guix install emacs -p bar
>   eval $(guix package -p foo -p bar --search-paths=exact)
> 
> So it composes.  However maybe not what you had in mind. ;-)
> 
> > By "composable profiles" what I have in mind is the sum of two existing
> > profiles and extending them as necessary
> >
> >     $ guix environment --with-profile saved-profiles/profile-A \
> >                        --with-profile saved-profiles/profile-B \
> >                        <packageA>
> 
> Yes, because "guix environment" cannot support "profile".  As said,
> IMHO you raised 2 interesting use cases:
> 
>  1. create an environment based on a profile
>  2. pack an existing profile
> 
> Obviously "a profile" means the composition of profiles if any.
> 
> 
> > I agree. If I'm to make any points, I should just submit some concrete 
> > patches.
> 
> Patches are always welcome. :-)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> simon
> 
> ps:
> Well, maybe we are falling in the "take it to private email" thread pattern. 
> ;-)
> https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/thread_patterns/