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Subject: bug#28223: Guix documentation uses wrong install command
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:44:02 +0100
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To: Rosebud Uplink <Uplink.Introversion@outlook.com>
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Hello,

Rosebud Uplink <Uplink.Introversion@outlook.com> skribis:

> In the Guix documentation, category 2.1 (Binary Installation), step 3, th=
e command used to augment the PATH doesn't give the wanted result.
>
>
> 3. Make root=E2=80=99s profile available under ~/.guix-profile:
> [...]
>
> # GUIX_PROFILE=3D$HOME/.guix-profile \
>   source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
>
>
> $GUIX_PROFILE is expanded first, and the "source" command will always be =
expanded as:
>
> source /etc/profile
>
>
> Putting a semicolon between the variable definition and the "source" comm=
and resolves this problem and has the required effect.
>
>
> # GUIX_PROFILE=3D$HOME/.guix-profile ; source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile

This is finally fixed:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=3Dbd7e136d295f0d6c1=
aa5d107356e28c259a54cb9

Thank you!

Ludo=E2=80=99.