bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Olivier Rojon]

Hej fellows,

I am on a foreign distro (openSUSE) and use Guix as package manager.  I have set the
INFOPATH so that it points -- among others -- to the path of my current profile which is
the canonical `.config/guix/current/share/info`.  However, this directory seems to not be
correctly populated, for it is missing at least the entry of the `recutils` package which
I have installed via the Guix package manager.

Confusingly, Emacs doesn't find the recutils info manual (nor the manpages), but invoking
`info recutils` from the command line yields the documentation -- despite $INFOPATH being
identical in both cases and `~/.config/guix/current/share/info` being part of
`Info-directory-list`.

Am I doing something wrong, do I have to do something in particular, or is there a
misunderstanding on my side as to how the subdirectories of my current profile are
supposed to behave?

Have a good day :)

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Suhail Singh]

Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:

> I have set the INFOPATH so that it points -- among others -- to the
> path of my current profile which is the canonical
> `.config/guix/current/share/info`.

What happens when "${GUIX_PROFILE}/share/info" is added to the INFOPATH?
Where ${GUIX_PROFILE} (in my case) is "${HOME}/.guix-profile".

-- 
Suhail

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Olivier Rojon]

Hi Suhail,

unfortunately that doesn't change anything -- while I can't find the Info files in Emacs,
I can obviously find them using the `info` command in the command line.

I am beginning to suspect this is an emacs-specific issue.

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> I have set the INFOPATH so that it points -- among others -- to the
>> path of my current profile which is the canonical
>> `.config/guix/current/share/info`.
>
> What happens when "${GUIX_PROFILE}/share/info" is added to the INFOPATH?
> Where ${GUIX_PROFILE} (in my case) is "${HOME}/.guix-profile".

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Carlo Zancanaro]

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Hi Oliver,

On Mon, Jun 17 2024, Olivier Rojon wrote:
> [...] the path of my current profile which is the canonical
> `.config/guix/current/share/info`. [...]

I don't know if it's the source of your problems, but that's the
location of the profile for Guix itself, not for your user packages.

That is: when you `guix pull` it builds a new Guix profile containing
Guix itself, and installs a symlink in ~/.config/guix/current which
points to that profile.

When you run `guix install recutils` it installs to a different profile
which you can find at ~/.guix-profile (as a symlink).

When you use Guix Home, which I assume you aren't using, but I'm
mentioning just in case, the profile is at ~/.guix-home/profile (again
as a symlink).

In my config, I add all three of these to INFOPATH and things seem to
work properly. I think this may happen if you source the etc/profile
file in each of those profiles, but my config explicitly sets INFOPATH
as well, for some reason.

I've attached the code that I source in ~/.profile on my machines to set
up Guix. I believe some of this is now included in the system-wide
script the installer installs to /etc/profile.d/zzz-guix.sh, but my
config predates that and I haven't been bothered to change it.

Carlo


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bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Suhail Singh]

Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:

> I am beginning to suspect this is an emacs-specific issue.

Perhaps.  FWIW, I am using Guix on a foreign distribution (openSUSE
Tumbleweed) and am able to view the info page for recutils from within
Emacs (29.3).

In my case the info page is installed under "${GUIX_PROFILE}/share/info"
and that directory gets added (via the INFOPATH variable) and is present
within Info-directory-list .

-- 
Suhail

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Olivier Rojon]

Do you mind sharing the values of both your `INFOPATH` and your
`Info[-]?(additional|default)?-directory-list`?  After I opened the issue I realized that
this is not the first issue that I have with Emacs and Info (unfortunately).

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> I am beginning to suspect this is an emacs-specific issue.
>
> Perhaps.  FWIW, I am using Guix on a foreign distribution (openSUSE
> Tumbleweed) and am able to view the info page for recutils from within
> Emacs (29.3).
>
> In my case the info page is installed under "${GUIX_PROFILE}/share/info"
> and that directory gets added (via the INFOPATH variable) and is present
> within Info-directory-list .

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Suhail Singh]

Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:

> Do you mind sharing the values of both your `INFOPATH`

"${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/info:${HOME}/.config/guix/current/share/info:"

> and your `Info[-]?(additional|default)?-directory-list`?

Info-additional-directory-list is nil.  Info-default-directory-list is
nil.  Info-directory-list has a number of entries, but of relevance here
is the fact that it has an entry corresponding to
"${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/info" which is where recutils' Info
document gets installed.

-- 
Suhail

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Olivier Rojon]

Actually, I needed to source `${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/info` and now the problem is
solved.

Thanks a bunch!

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Do you mind sharing the values of both your `INFOPATH`
>
> "${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/info:${HOME}/.config/guix/current/share/info:"
>
>> and your `Info[-]?(additional|default)?-directory-list`?
>
> Info-additional-directory-list is nil.  Info-default-directory-list is
> nil.  Info-directory-list has a number of entries, but of relevance here
> is the fact that it has an entry corresponding to
> "${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/info" which is where recutils' Info
> document gets installed.

bug#71606: Info manuals don't appear in default profile despite correct(?) environment variables

[Suhail Singh]

Olivier Rojon <o.rojon@posteo.net> writes:

> now the problem is solved.

Closing the issue.

-- 
Suhail