From 8c03b980b69c1749acd106d022ba748a9e87c931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Kehayias Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:55:31 -0500 Subject: news: Add entry for GUIX_SANDBOX_EXTRA_SHARES variable. * news.txt: Add entry. --- news.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/news.txt b/news.txt index 4f8973f..2f043c5 100644 --- a/news.txt +++ b/news.txt @@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "8078757b887a7691644b119913c3f7b41661775d") + (title + (en "New @code{GUIX_SANDBOX_EXTRA_SHARES} variable for nonguix containers (Steam)") + (body + (en "The nonguix container has a new environment variable +@code{GUIX_SANDBOX_EXTRA_SHARES} which is a @code{:} delimited list of +directories to share with the container. These directories will be available +at the same path as the host. For instance, you can set this to another drive +you want to have a Steam library in by either setting this variable in your +environment or launching Steam with: + +@example +GUIX_SANDBOX_EXTRA_SHARES=/some/other/drive steam +@end example + +This should allow you to select @code{/some/other/drive} in Steam for a game +library. This is an experimental feature and just provides a basic way to add +shares to the container, so please test and report any difficulties or +suggestions to improve.")))) + (entry (commit "1591c3d1d10b2884da29ab7d1252304f2ce1514b") (title (en "(nongnu packages steam-client) module renamed")) -- cgit v1.2.3