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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/environment.scm12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index f9ab9a483f..45b54a9297 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ COMMAND or an interactive shell in that environment.\n"))
(define %default-options
;; Default to opening a new shell.
- `((exec . (,%default-shell))
- (system . ,(%current-system))
+ `((system . ,(%current-system))
(substitutes? . #t)
(max-silent-time . 3600)
(verbosity . 0)))
@@ -447,7 +446,14 @@ Otherwise, return the derivation for the Bash package."
(network? (assoc-ref opts 'network?))
(bootstrap? (assoc-ref opts 'bootstrap?))
(system (assoc-ref opts 'system))
- (command (assoc-ref opts 'exec))
+ (command (or (assoc-ref opts 'exec)
+ ;; Spawn a shell if the user didn't specify
+ ;; anything in particular.
+ (if container?
+ ;; The user's shell is likely not available
+ ;; within the container.
+ '("/bin/sh")
+ (list %default-shell))))
(packages (options/resolve-packages opts))
(mappings (pick-all opts 'file-system-mapping))
(inputs (delete-duplicates