Mekeor Melire <mekeor.mel...@gmail.com> skribis: >> > Adding an option to `search-path-specification' seems like a good idea. >> > Still, I wonder what this snippet from (gnu system) does: >> > >> > (define (operating-system-environment-variables os) >> > "Return the environment variables of OS for >> > @var{session-environment-service-type}, to be used in >> > @file{/etc/environment}." >> > `(("LANG" . ,(operating-system-locale os)) >> > ("TZ" . ,(operating-system-timezone os)) >> > ("TZDIR" . ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo")) >> > ;; Tell 'modprobe' & co. where to look for modules. >> > ("LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY" . >> > "/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules") >> > ;; These variables are honored by OpenSSL (libssl) and Git. >> > ("SSL_CERT_DIR" . "/etc/ssl/certs") >> > ("SSL_CERT_FILE" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt") >> > ("GIT_SSL_CAINFO" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt") >> >> It defines the content of /etc/environment. > > Is there any reason why GIT_SSL_CAINFO has to be set without Git being > installed? > > I mean, I think the variable just shouldn't be set in /etc/environment by > default. It should be set as soon as Git is installed, IMHO.
You are right in principle. This variable was added in 78ab0746a5, and I think the justification was convenience and to have things that work out of the box: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00128.html That’s also an important property. :-) Ludo’.