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But > for Guix System users it lives at /run/current-system/profile/bin/look. > > It's obvious I can set the variable properly myself. > > My question is: what should be done in such cases? I can think of the > following: > > - Patch the Guix package > - Patch the program itself > - Nothing (apart from setting things myself) > > Thank you. I'm not a Guix maintainer or anything so get this with a pinch of salt. First the program itself should be able to find this stuff in a more genera= l way, not just checking some specific folders. Second, if the program does not add that change we can patch the guix packa= ge too. Cheers, Ekaitz