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Subject: bug#15286: Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:10:27 +0200
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Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> skribis:

> Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the GUI=
LE_LOAD_PATH by hand:
>
>       GUILE_LOAD_PATH=3D. guix package -e '(@ (mercurial) hg)'
>
> This could be much clearer if the $pwd were in the load path automaticall=
y.

As usual, it is a bad idea to include =E2=80=98.=E2=80=99 in the search pat=
h, because it
makes it easy to unwillingly execute untrusted code.

More generally, =E2=80=98GUILE_LOAD_PATH=E2=80=99 is a user environment var=
iable (like
$PATH, $CPATH, etc.), so it=E2=80=99s up to the user, not to Guix, to set i=
t up
correctly.

So I=E2=80=99m closing this bug, but of course, I remain open to discussion=
s on
improving Guix to better support =E2=80=9Coverlays=E2=80=9D.

Thanks!

Ludo=E2=80=99.