Hi Simon,
On Sat, Dec 19 2020, zimoun wrote:
I am not sure to agree. The unexpected (by you :-)) behaviour
at hand is about Emacs and "M-x shell"; and I will not speak "in
general".
Let's avoid using the word "expected", because that word in this
context can mean different things. I don't "expect" the behaviour
when I think about Guix from a user's perspective, but I do
"expect" the behaviour because I know Guix's implementation
details.
Instead, let's talk about what behaviour we want.
I want to be able to use programs installed by Guix to launch
programs installed by a host distribution's package manager, and
have them function properly. This is not currently the case,
because of the way Guix uses environment variables to set search
paths. In this particular thread we have been talking about Emacs,
but the problem is not limited to Emacs.
Is there an argument for the current behaviour? I'm not aware of
anyone arguing that we want to break programs installed by a host
distribution when we launch them from a Guix installed program.
From my perspective the only argument here is "making it work is
hard, so we haven't done it". This is a good reason for the
current state of things, but it is not a reason to avoid calling
this a bug.
Well, if you feel it is a bug, please open a bug report
detailing what is the problem. Personally, I do miss what it is
and what could be the actionable next step.
Sure. I'll add it to my to-do list.
Carlo
