---- On Mon, 06 May 2019 10:07:36 -0500 Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> wrote ----
> Hi, > > sirgazil <[email protected]> writes: > > > M-x getenv PATH RET shows "bin"s in other paths, but not "/bin": > > > > /gnu/store/hk4f641r18vpj44m42pny6rp1nwg3d4w-glib-2.56.3-bin/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/setuid-programs:/home/sirgazil/.config/guix/current/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/bin:/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/current-system/profile/bin:/run/current-system/profile/sbin > > > > My first thought was "Why isn't /bin in your PATH?", but actually I see > that /bin isn't in my PATH either, but that doesn't matter because > 'bash' is installed in my system profile, which means that I have 'sh' > in /run/current-system/profile/bin. > > You should too, but apparently you don't. > > 'bash' is included in %base-packages, which should normally be included > in your 'packages' field of your OS config. It should look something > like this: > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > (packages (append (list > ;; your added > ;; packages here > ) > %base-packages)) > > If you don't include %base-packages in your system profile, you are > likely to run into problems. Several of the packages in there could be > safely deleted, but some of them, including 'sh', are widely assumed to > always be in PATH. Oh, yes. The system configuration generated by the Guix 1.0 installer did not include %base-packages. The bug has been reported (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541). My packages form looks like this: (packages (list (specification->package "nss-certs"))) The Guix manual has been updated with instructions to work around the problem (https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/guix.html#Preparing-for-Installation). So one should add: (packages (append (list (specification->package "nss-certs")) %base-packages)) and then: guix pull && sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm This may fix some of the bugs I've reported (and the ones I haven't). > If you want to remove a few programs from %base-packages, I recommend > doing something like this: > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > (packages (append (list > ;; your added > ;; packages here > ) > (fold delete %base-packages (list sudo nano)))) > > Note that 'fold' is in (srfi srfi-1), so you'll need to import it in > your OS config file if you use it. Good to know. I'll go with the whole set, though. Thanks, Mark.
