Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Glibc was not installed, but installing it pulls 3 packages:
>>
>> 	> guix build glibc
>> 	/gnu/store/2kjscn5i1zjq2h3j0dcwfnzmc69lajz1-glibc-2.26.105-g0890d5379c-debug
>> 	/gnu/store/9j55362h2xgndjgy45f6283spjjx5990-glibc-2.26.105-g0890d5379c
>> 	/gnu/store/zpy7n3jjlgnq55lhzkdixf3dvk25vhlj-glibc-2.26.105-g0890d5379c-static
>>
>> Interestingly, `bin/locale` does not end up in the user PATH.
>
> That’s expected.  “guix build” doesn’t install anything and so the
> executables of built packages don’t automatically end up in PATH.
> That’s by design.

Duh!  That was so obvious, I completely forgot I wasn't "installing" :p

The problem is gone for Emacs (hurray!) but not for stow.

What does it mean?  That glibc _must_ be installed on all user profiles?

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Pierre Neidhardt