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Subject: Re: Environment variables in Guix and GuixSD
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Hi,

G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> skribis:

> I have seen in the /etc/profile file that it suggest you to do something =
like
>
> source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile.

Right, you see this advice in $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile itself.

> This causes problems on systems where the startup file is executed by
> a posix /bin/sh, as this is bash specific.

$GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile is not honored by any shell.  One has to
specifically put the =E2=80=98source=E2=80=99 line above in whichever file =
is
appropriate (~/.bash_profile, ~/.profile, /etc/profile, etc.)

On GuixSD this happens automatically but on a foreign distro users have
to add the =E2=80=98source=E2=80=99 line somewhere.

Does that make sense?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.