Re: Guix, ispell.el and FHS

[Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech>]

Hi Andre

> I'm relatively new to the GNU/Linux world, so I apologise for any silliness.
>
> I was looking ispell.el and saw:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defcustom ispell-look-command
>   (cond ((file-exists-p "/bin/look") "/bin/look")
> 	((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/look") "/usr/local/bin/look")
> 	((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/look") "/usr/bin/look")
> 	(t "look"))
>   "Name of the look command for search processes.
> This must be an absolute file name."
>   :type 'file
>   :group 'ispell)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> That's the usual path for most GNU/Linus distro (FHS compliant).  But
> for Guix System users it lives at /run/current-system/profile/bin/look.
>
> It's obvious I can set the variable properly myself.
>
> My question is: what should be done in such cases?  I can think of the
> following:
>
> - Patch the Guix package
> - Patch the program itself
> - Nothing (apart from setting things myself)
>
> Thank you.


I'm not a Guix maintainer or anything so get this with a pinch of salt.

First the program itself should be able to find this stuff in a more general
way, not just checking some specific folders.

Second, if the program does not add that change we can patch the guix package
too.

Cheers,

Ekaitz