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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: bug#15286: Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:46:18 -0400
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Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> writes:

> Am Samstag, 14. September 2013, 14:13:17 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>> > 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 mak=
e it really easy to select overlays.
>>=20
>> If this is a =E2=80=98-L=E2=80=99 option, then I=E2=80=99d say no.  Afte=
r all, Guix is just
>> another Guile library, and as such it must not fiddle with the search
>> path.
>
> Isn=E2=80=99t guix a standalone program?

It's both a library and a standalone program.

If you're using one or more overlays, isn't it easier to set
GUILE_LOAD_PATH in your dot files?  I wouldn't want to have to
specify one or more -L arguments every time I use guix.

     Mark