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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#31841: ./pre-inst-env guix system no longer works without
	~/.config/guix
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:51:58 +0200
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To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 31841@debbugs.gnu.org, Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>

Hello,

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:

[...]

>> I=E2=80=99m a bit reluctant to that, in part because it=E2=80=99s a deve=
lopment
>> environment where we can have different expectations IMO.
>
> If there's a good reason to avoid implementing Ricardo's suggestion, I
> don't mind keeping my modified 'guix' script above, but I confess that I
> don't yet understand the cause of your reluctance.

Well I=E2=80=99m not opposed to it, but my first reaction was that it adds
complexity, it=E2=80=99s redundant with the =E2=80=98configure=E2=80=99 che=
cks, and one can
always find other ways to make things break.

Now, I agree that it would be useful for the use case you mentioned
(build in =E2=80=98guix environment=E2=80=99 and run outside of it), so if =
you come
up with a patch, that works for me!

> Anyway, it seems that my practice of running 'guix' from a private git
> checkout is becoming increasingly awkward to arrange.  I would be
> pleased if this mode of operation were better supported.

I do that (like every Guix developer I suppose) every day, so I don=E2=80=
=99t
think it=E2=80=99s going to stop working any time soon.

In this case, the requirement of a new dependency made the issue
apparent but fundamentally nothing has changed.  In particular,
~/.config/guix is not required any more than it was before, contrary to
what the subject says.

OK to close this issue?

Ludo=E2=80=99.