Re: "Command not found" when using `home-mcron-service`

[Tanguy LE CARROUR <tanguy@bioneland.org>]

Hi Nils,

Quoting Nils Landt (2024-01-15 13:03:06)
> > Tanguy LE CARROUR <tanguy@bioneland.org> hat am 15.01.2024 10:38 CET geschrieben:
> >
> > ```scheme
> > (gnu packages dav)  ; vdirsyncer
> > (gnu packages mail)  ; notmuch
> > ; […]
> > (service home-mcron-service-type
> >         (home-mcron-configuration
> >          (jobs (list
> >                  #~(job '(next-minute (range 0 60 5)) (string-append #$notmuch "/bin/notmuch new"))
> >                  #~(job '(next-hour) (string-append #$vdirsyncer "/bin/vdirsyncer sync"))))))
> > ```
> > 
> > And now Mcron finds `notmuch` (and `vdirsyncer`), but… Notmuch has hooks
> > that depend on other commands and I now have the following error message
> > in my logs:
> > 
> > ```
> > 2024-01-15 10:20:00 6198 /gnu/store/[…]-notmuch-0.37/bin/notmuch new: […]/.config/notmuch/default/hooks/pre-new: line 3: mbsync: command not found
> > ```
> > 
> > `mbsync` is in my profile, but Mcron cannot find it.
> > Do I have to declare all the required packages… somehow?! 🤔
> 
> That sounds like it's related to this issue I reported:
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65471

It looks like, indeed!


> If I'm correct, setting the PATH environment variable in the mcron job
> should fix it.

You mean inside the `#~(job …)`? Sorry, but… how would you do that? 😅
And this means that I would have to do it for every single job? 🤔
Sounds suboptimal to me.

I'll ping #65471 to see if a consensus has been reached. 🤞

-- 
Tanguy