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From: Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>
Subject: Re: Eliminate environment variable hints?
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:02:43 -0600
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> when installing a package into a profile Guix very helpfully tells you
> that you may need to set certain environment variables.  It doesn=E2=80=
=99t tell
> you that these environment variables can also be set by source=E2=80=99in=
g the
> generated etc/profile file.
>
> I have seen the bashrc and bash_profile files of many users and they are
> usually full of conflicting environment variable definitions.  In these
> files I often also see these Guix recommendations.
>
> I think Guix should suggest sourcing the generated etc/profile file
> instead of listing explicit environment variable definitions.  It would
> be less noisy and less confusing, in my opinion.
>
> What do you think?
>
> (What about people who don=E2=80=99t use Bash?)

I think this is a good idea. It may also be worth mentioning that these
suggestions can also be set in environments using the --search-paths
flag. I know that is said in the documentation, but maybe it could be
highlighted somehow?

Brett Gilio