Re: Clarification regd. native-search-paths and search-paths

[Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com>]

Hi Felix,

Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> writes:

>> does use here mean being an "input" to a package?
>
> Yes, precisely.  Or being used in a profile.

I see.  Thank you.

>> At least for certain variables such as $SSL_CERT_DIR and $SSL_CERT_FILE
>> they only have the desired effect when added to native-search-paths.
>
> Did you also move the input that provides the TLS certificates away from
> native when you tried?

Ah, I think not.  I think I see now what Rutherther (on IRC) meant when
they said that guix shell adds to native-inputs.

The input that provided the TLS certificates in my case was nss-certs.
I provided it by adding it to a profile which I then loaded via guix
shell.  It seems this adds it to "native"?

> P.S.  I'm a Guix learner who likes to help.  Please don't trust anything
> I write.

Heh, ditto.  While the disclaimer wasn't strictly necessary, I
appreciate your clarification.

-- 
Suhail