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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: Setting environment variables in .bashrc vs .bash_profile
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:43:15 -0400
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:

> I just noticed that =E2=80=98guix environment foo=E2=80=99, without -E, d=
oesn=E2=80=99t work for
> me because my .bashrc & co. reset PATH, CPATH, etc.
>
> Conversely, =E2=80=98guix environment foo -E /bin/sh=E2=80=99 works, beca=
use when
> invoked as =E2=80=98sh=E2=80=99, Bash does not read .bashrc.
>
> I=E2=80=99m not sure if it=E2=80=99s something wrong with my Bash initial=
ization files
> or something that might affect others.  WDYT?

FWIW, I've always put my environment variable settings in .bash_profile
instead of .bashrc for this reason.  I want to be able to set up an
alternate environment and launch interactive subshells without resetting
everything.

I vaguely remember noticing that the standalone Guix system set things
up in such a way that my environment was reset in every interactive
shell.  If so, I would be in favor of changing that.

On the other hand, I end up with
/gnu/store/10fr8jbnrb3gzyc0967m7ar64ch9ggk8-windowmaker-0.95.6/bin in
front of my PATH within my entire X session, because of our windowmaker
wrapper.

    Thoughts?
       Mark