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=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 <iyzsong@gmail.com> skribis:

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

>> One last thing: I think CPATH and LIBRARY_PATH (and eventually
>> additional search path variables) should remain in /etc/profile.
> I'll prefer use `guix environment' for dev, just install applications to
> profile.

I agree that =E2=80=98guix environment=E2=80=99 is usually the preferred ap=
proach.

Yet, I thought it may be better to keep the other approach working out
of the box by default, to avoid unnecessary user frustration.

Thinking more, there are a number of other search path environment
variables that would be candidate for /etc/profile: GUILE_LOAD_PATH,
PKG_CONFIG_PATH, MANPATH, PERL5LIB, etc.  But perhaps some of them are
better left handled by the user?  How would we draw the line between
those that /etc/profile defines by default, and those that users have to
define by themselves?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.