From: sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 35590 <35590@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35590: Emacs info can't open info manuals
Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 11:14:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16a8ded1400.1099ef58749680.1281334609210131874@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnov7h9o.fsf@netris.org>
---- On Mon, 06 May 2019 10:07:36 -0500 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote ----
> Hi,
>
> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
>
> > M-x getenv PATH RET shows "bin"s in other paths, but not "/bin":
> >
> > /gnu/store/hk4f641r18vpj44m42pny6rp1nwg3d4w-glib-2.56.3-bin/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/setuid-programs:/home/sirgazil/.config/guix/current/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/current-system/profile/bin:/run/current-system/profile/sbin
>
> My first thought was "Why isn't /bin in your PATH?", but actually I see
> that /bin isn't in my PATH either, but that doesn't matter because
> 'bash' is installed in my system profile, which means that I have 'sh'
> in /run/current-system/profile/bin.
>
> You should too, but apparently you don't.
>
> 'bash' is included in %base-packages, which should normally be included
> in your 'packages' field of your OS config. It should look something
> like this:
>
> ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
> (packages (append (list
> ;; your added
> ;; packages here
> )
> %base-packages))
>
> If you don't include %base-packages in your system profile, you are
> likely to run into problems. Several of the packages in there could be
> safely deleted, but some of them, including 'sh', are widely assumed to
> always be in PATH.
Oh, yes. The system configuration generated by the Guix 1.0 installer did not include %base-packages. The bug has been reported (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541).
My packages form looks like this:
(packages
(list (specification->package "nss-certs")))
The Guix manual has been updated with instructions to work around the problem (https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/guix.html#Preparing-for-Installation). So one should add:
(packages
(append (list (specification->package "nss-certs"))
%base-packages))
and then:
guix pull && sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
This may fix some of the bugs I've reported (and the ones I haven't).
> If you want to remove a few programs from %base-packages, I recommend
> doing something like this:
>
> ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
> (packages (append (list
> ;; your added
> ;; packages here
> )
> (fold delete %base-packages (list sudo nano))))
>
> Note that 'fold' is in (srfi srfi-1), so you'll need to import it in
> your OS config file if you use it.
Good to know. I'll go with the whole set, though.
Thanks, Mark.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-07 4:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-05 20:10 bug#35590: Emacs info can't open info manuals sirgazil
2019-05-06 2:26 ` Mark H Weaver
2019-05-06 11:52 ` sirgazil
2019-05-06 15:07 ` Mark H Weaver
2019-05-06 16:14 ` sirgazil [this message]
2019-05-06 18:00 ` sirgazil
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