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Subject: Re: What is GUIX_PROFILE for?
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:56:55 -0400
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To: George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com>
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On 06/22/2018 at 08:36 George Clemmer writes:

> What is GUIX_PROFILE is for?
>
>
> First question:
>
> If I log into a GuixSD vm-image w/ 1 package installed ...
>
> nemo:~ $ ssh g1@sysi34.local
> Last login: Fri Jun 22 08:24:11 2018 from fe80::1c82:5c21:6372:5970%eth0
> g1@sysi34 ~$ guix package -I
> znc       1.7.0   out
> /gnu/store/giv77vd376nkwpgl08fjfkq87b9mm8xj-znc-1.7.0
>
> ... GUIX_PROFILE is not in env ...
>
> env | grep GUIX GUIX_LOCPATH=/run/current-system/locale

Oops! It sould have read ...

env | grep GUIX
GUIX_LOCPATH=/run/current-system/locale

> ... but echo reports it ...
>
> g1@sysi34 ~$ echo $GUIX_PROFILE
> /home/g1/.guix-profile
>
> That seems odd to me. What does it mean?
>
>
> Second question:
>
> If I set GUIX_PROFILE to something else, does it have any effect on what
> Guix does for me?

TIA - George