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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#15286: Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:13:17 +0200
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To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>
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Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> skribis:

> Am Freitag, 6. September 2013, 14:10:27 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>> Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> skribis:
>>=20
>> > Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the =
GUILE_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 automatic=
ally.
>>=20
>> As usual, it is a bad idea to include =E2=80=98.=E2=80=99 in the search =
path, because it
>> makes it easy to unwillingly execute untrusted code.
>
> I now learned, that with guile I can use=20
>
>     guile -L .
>
> which actually does what I need.
>
> Providing this in guix would be consistent with guile and it would make i=
t really easy to select overlays.

If this is a =E2=80=98-L=E2=80=99 option, then I=E2=80=99d say no.  After a=
ll, Guix is just
another Guile library, and as such it must not fiddle with the search
path.

Ludo=E2=80=99.