Subject: Re: bug#20255: 'search-paths' should respect both user and system profile.

From: Alex Kost <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 01:42:19 +0300

Ludovic Courtès (2015-11-20 01:32 +0300) wrote:

> -# Load the system profile's settings.
> +if [ -x /run/current-system/profile/bin/guix ]
> +then
> +  # Crucial variables such as 'MANPATH' or 'INFOPATH' may be missing from the
> +  # profiles' individual 'etc/profile'.  Thus, combine both profiles when
> +  # computing the search paths.
> +  #
> +  # This may take a few hundred milliseconds, but it's OK because this is
> +  # performed for log-in shells only.
> +  eval `/run/current-system/profile/bin/guix package \\
> +          -p /run/current-system/profile             \\
> +          -p \"$HOME/.guix-profile\" --search-paths`

Sorry, but it's not OK for me.  As a user, I'm *strongly* against
running 'guix' (or any other program) in /etc/profile.  I would really
like to have an option to avoid this.  Is it possible?

-- 
Thanks,
Alex