Ricardo Wurmus writes:
> Hi Guix, > > when installing a package into a profile Guix very helpfully tells you > that you may need to set certain environment variables. It doesn’t tell > you that these environment variables can also be set by source’ing the > generated etc/profile file. > > I have seen the bashrc and bash_profile files of many users and they are > usually full of conflicting environment variable definitions. In these > files I often also see these Guix recommendations. > > I think Guix should suggest sourcing the generated etc/profile file > instead of listing explicit environment variable definitions. It would > be less noisy and less confusing, in my opinion. > > What do you think? > > (What about people who don’t use Bash?) I think this is a good idea. It may also be worth mentioning that these suggestions can also be set in environments using the --search-paths flag. I know that is said in the documentation, but maybe it could be highlighted somehow? Brett Gilio
