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Hello,

G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> skribis:

> 2018. nov. 7., Sze 22:55 d=C3=A1tummal Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org=
> ezt =C3=ADrta:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>> > I have seen in the /etc/profile file that it suggest you to do somethi=
ng
>> like
>> >
>> > source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile.
>>
>> Right, you see this advice in $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile itself.
>>
>> > This causes problems on systems where the startup file is executed by
>> > a posix /bin/sh, as this is bash specific.
>>
>> $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile is not honored by any shell.  One has to
>> specifically put the =E2=80=98source=E2=80=99 line above in whichever fi=
le is
>> appropriate (~/.bash_profile, ~/.profile, /etc/profile, etc.)
>>
>
> I did not express myself cleanly. What my problem was that 'source' is ba=
sh
> specific, while we can use '.' in posix shells.

Ah yes of course.  If there are places in the doc where we use =E2=80=98sou=
rce=E2=80=99
instead of =E2=80=98.=E2=80=99, feel free to change them.

Ludo=E2=80=99.