#20255 - 'search-paths' should respect both user and system profile.

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宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com> skribis:

> How about using a shell variable as input for the location:
> (replace /gnu/store/xxx with $GUIX_PROFILE)
>
>   # etc/profile
>   export PATH=$GUIX_PROFILE/bin:$PATH
>   export MANPATH=$GUIX_PROFILE/share/man:$MANPATH
>   ...
>
> Then when 'source' it, we pass the location:
> (we did know where $GUIX_PROFILE is when do the 'source')
>
>   # ~/.bash_profile
>   GUIX_PROFILE=$HOME/.guix-profile
>   if [ -f $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile ]; then
>     . $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
>   fi
>
>   # /etc/profile
>   GUIX_PROFILE=/run/current-system/profile
>   source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile

Yes, but we would also like users to be able to source
~/.guix-profile/etc/profile themselves directly, and it wouldn’t be nice
to ask them to set GUIX_PROFILE before sourcing it.

Ludo’.

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#20255 'search-paths' should respect both user and system profile.