Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello comrades!
>
> Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> skribis:
>
>> [...]
>>
>> From aedc745a3f9765ae00dc61a59fa53d22a458551b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
>> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:17:46 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] environment: Print command name on execlp error.
>>
>> Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/33755>.
>>
>> * guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment): When execlp fails,
>> include the command name in the error message.
>
> Another option would be to do:
>
>   (set! execl
>     (error-reporting-wrapper …))
>
> in (guix ui), as done for a few other procedures that have the same
> issue.
>
> WDYT?

Aha!  I didn’t know about “error-reporting-wrapper”.  I think this makes
sense.  It fixes the same issue in the container script, too.  I’ve
attached an updated patch.

I had to modify “error-reporting-wrapper” to deal with the fact that
“execlp” takes a variable number of arguments.  I tested it and it works
for the old use-case as well as the new.  On whether or not it works
stylistically, I defer to you.


-- Tim