the build environment

[dvirtz]

The build environment (the one named <project-name>-build) doesn't behave like the other environments.

• you can't select it with the -e switch or the env commands
• it doesn't respect the dirs.env config

Is this by design?
I think it's confusing and makes life difficult for users.

[ofek]

Yes this is by design and just represents a cached virtual environment with dependencies set up for fast repeated builds. Is there a reason you would like this to be exposed?

[dvirtz]

Sometimes I need to debug build errors and I want to run a shell from the build environment.
Or if want to start from scratch I delete the environment and it's more convenient if it's all under the dirs.env directory.

[ofek]

Please then open a feature request for an option for it to behave like a normal environment.

[ofek]

#1257