From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil Subject: bug#35590: Emacs info can't open info manuals Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 11:14:45 -0500 Message-ID: <16a8ded1400.1099ef58749680.1281334609210131874@zoho.com> References: <16a899ec3b8.f11d457e39475.3520016243872384490@zoho.com> <87lfzkqpwd.fsf@netris.org> <16a8cfcf41c.bb7782d745647.2385579755453444834@zoho.com> <87pnov7h9o.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45455) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNrIq-0002rL-1R for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 00:02:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNrIo-0002GN-MA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 00:02:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44493) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNrIo-0002Fy-Gc for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 00:02:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNrIo-0002Tk-3j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2019 00:02:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87pnov7h9o.fsf@netris.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Mark H Weaver Cc: 35590 <35590@debbugs.gnu.org> ---- On Mon, 06 May 2019 10:07:36 -0500 Mark H Weaver wrote ---- > Hi, > > sirgazil 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.