From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Package recommended environment variables Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 05:40:48 +0200 Message-ID: <871s0we8fz.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87tvduhcgn.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53485) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRqEC-0004u2-GO for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 23:41:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRqEB-0003cS-J4 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 23:41:44 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21230) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRqEB-0003bg-5i for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 23:41:43 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Tk Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" Tk writes: > Except PATH, there are other environment variables needed by, for > example, R, or Python, or Git. These also get mentioned in the > warnings. Are they also automatically set and sourced once I enter > another login shell? Those that are mentioned by Guix: yes. There are other variables that are mentioned in the application setup section of the manual that may be required e.g. for SSL when using R. Due to limitations in Guix they may not necessarily be automatically set. -- Ricardo