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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.87 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 5103226676 X-Spam-Score: -2.87 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: JJi9X3vgXC98 Hi, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix skribis: > I think that would be very helpful. I'm trying to think of a concise, > correct, but actually useful definition of profiles for someone not > already familiar with them or Guix. > > Out of curiosity: how do you intuitively understand profiles, as > someone who's used Guix for a while? I=E2=80=99m not Luis but I usually say that a profile is the location of a = set of installed packages. > Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >> [...] what is the GUIX_PROFILE variable, does it accept a single >> path to a profile or more, and some use cases and examples. [...] > > I don't think we should document GUIX_PROFILE. It's not part of the > definition of Guix profiles. It should not matter to users nor should > they rely on previously observed behaviour. AIUI there are no > supported =E2=80=98use cases=E2=80=99, beyond copy-pasting Guix error mes= sages... Agreed. =E2=80=98GUIX_PROFILE=E2=80=99 has no significance as an environme= nt variable; it=E2=80=99s referred to by the generated =E2=80=98etc/profile=E2=80=99, bu= t it=E2=80=99s usually a shell variable, not an environment variable. Ludo=E2=80=99.