Hi Oleg,

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> skribis:

> JSON format:
>
> oleg@guixsd ~/src/guix$ ./pre-inst-env env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/src/guix-wigust:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist:/tmp/noexist guix describe -p ~/.config/guix/current --format=json
> [{"name":"guix","url":"https://gitlab.wugi.info/guix/guix.git","commit":"4161deb4549c39b7d4801cc8aa63c365d19fc649"},{"name":"guix-wigust","url":"https://gitlab.wugi.info/guix/guix-wigust.git","commit":"f6dfa5fc08824ebe5bdc42ea35ff0e040245c8c0"}]
> {"name":"GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH","paths":["/home/oleg/src/guix-wigust","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist","/tmp/noexist"]}

Initially the intent was to warn users that ‘GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH’ is set
and not captured in the output of ‘guix describe’, because fundamentally
it cannot be captured reliably.

Thus, what about something as attached instead?

Thanks,
Ludo’.