From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>
Cc: evan.straw99@gmail.com, 45360@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45360: Cannot log in to GNOME on foreign distro with Guix
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:34:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blemnho1.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tuseoyn2.fsf@zancanaro.id.au>
Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au> writes:
>> Is this a bug, or is it possible I've just misconfigured something?
>
> We should consider this a bug, because Guix's attempt to add to the
> XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable clobbers the default value that
> foreign distributions are relying on.
Is this something we can avoid by patching … something to use a
Guix-specific variable? This variable can cause a lot of trouble when
using Guix on foreign distros, but I don’t know how we can prevent
system software from loading stuff from XDG_DATA_DIRS for Guix and vice
versa without renaming the variables.
A related question: should Guix software ignore XDG_DATA_DIRS when set
by the system? Or is it enough to make it respect an *additional*
variable like GUIX_XDG_DATA_DIRS, which we would have Guix set?
> We should at least document this in the manual, maybe in "(guix)
> Application Setup".
If it’s an easy workaround: yes. But if it’s a bug we can actually fix
I’d rather see it fixed :)
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-22 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-22 5:38 bug#45360: Cannot log in to GNOME on foreign distro with Guix Evan Straw
2020-12-22 11:42 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2020-12-22 12:34 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2020-12-22 13:40 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-12-30 2:29 ` Evan Straw
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