bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
zimoun skribis: > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 15:14, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > >> It’s admittedly annoying, but it’s not something Guix itself should >> paper over. Doing that would open a can of worms, as illustrated by the >> example Tobias gave. > > Instead of 'notabug' , I propose to tag this bug as 'wontfix' and > retitle it as: "Tilde-expansion in --long-options=". > > Is it ok? Sure. Ludo’.
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 15:14, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > It’s admittedly annoying, but it’s not something Guix itself should > paper over. Doing that would open a can of worms, as illustrated by the > example Tobias gave. Instead of 'notabug' , I propose to tag this bug as 'wontfix' and retitle it as: "Tilde-expansion in --long-options=". Is it ok? Best regards, simon ps: Quoting the 'wontfix' explanation [1]: ``this is a choice between two arbitrary ways of doing things and the maintainer and submitter prefer different ways of doing things``. [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/Developer.html#tags
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Danny Milosavljevic skribis: >> After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is called >> in Python) on all arguments which are paths. > > Please don't do it. > > UNIX has its warts, and this is a well-known one (use ${HOME} instead). Seconded. Tilde expansion is performed by the shell. In the case of ‘--foo=~/bar’, tilde expansion does not happen because ~ is right in the middle of a string. It’s admittedly annoying, but it’s not something Guix itself should paper over. Doing that would open a can of worms, as illustrated by the example Tobias gave. Ludo’.
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Dear, Sorry to be slow. On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 21:20, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > Hartmut Goebel 写道: > This is the wrong thing to do and makes the GNU system an > inconsistent mess. …OK, *more* of an inconsistent, loveable, mess > ;-) I still think that the behaviour of Guix could be considered as a bug and inconsistent with other GNU tools, such as Emacs -- to pick one but Emacs should be an exception in the GNU tools landscape (inconsistent loveable mess :-)) Maybe what I am saying is irrelevant and only bikeshedding. Like Saint-Thomas, I only believe that I see. ;-) > It also makes > > $ sudo guix system --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project … > > and > > $ sudo guix system -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage … > > suddenly result in different file names. Emacs behaves differently; and it is what is expected (at least by me :-)). --8<---cut here---start->8--- mkdir -p ${HOME}/tmp/foo cat < ${HOME}/tmp/foo/eg.el (defun an-example () (interactive) (message (car load-path)) (message (expand-file-name "kikoo" "~/foo/~/bar"))) (provide 'eg) EOF # ~ means /home/simon/ sudo emacs --batch -L ~/tmp/foo/ --eval "(require 'eg)" --eval "(an-example)" # ~ mean /root/ sudo emacs --batch --directory=~/tmp/foo/ --eval "(require 'eg)" --eval "(an-example)" --8<---cut here---end--->8--- The first '~' is expanded by the shell so in the user's context. The second '~' is expanded by Emacs so in the root's context. Well, nothing new. :-) This is not the issue, if I understand correctly. This issue is about the subfolders named '~'. --8<---cut here---start->8--- mkdir -p ${HOME}/tmp/foo/~/bar cat < ${HOME}/tmp/foo/~/bar/ex.el (defun from-tilde () (interactive) (message (car load-path)) (message (expand-file-name "yahoga" "~/foo/~/bar"))) (provide 'ex) EOF cd ${HOME}/tmp/foo # ~ means /home/simon emacs --batch --directory=~/bar/ --eval "(require 'ex)" --eval "(from-tilde)" # protect ~ emacs --batch --directory=./~/bar/ --eval "(require 'ex)" --eval "(from-tilde)" --8<---cut here---end--->8--- >From the folder '${HOME}/foo', Emacs is run with prepending the subfolder named '~'. The first line fails because the folder '/home/simon/bar/' does not exist. The second '~' refers to the correct subfolder because of the dot. Now the behaviour of Emacs is inconsistent with the Guix's behaviour. --8<---cut here---start->8--- cd ${HOME}/foo guix show --load-path=~/bar from-tilde --8<---cut here---end--->8--- This works. Because Guix uses the argument as it is. Note that '--load-path=./~/bar/' works too. And note that from the folder '$HOME/tmp/foo', the commands guix show -L ~/bar from-tilde and guix show --load-path=~/bar from-tilde refer to different file names. And it appears to me weirder than the tilde expansion done as Emacs does. --8<---cut here---s tart->8--- mkdir -p ${HOME}/tmp/foo/~/bar cat < ${HOME}/tmp/foo/~/bar/from-tilde.scm (define-module (from-tilde) #:use-module (guix packages) #:use-module (gnu packages maths)) (pk (car %load-path)) (define-public from-tilde (package (inherit gmsh) (name "from-tilde"))) EOF --8<---cut here---end--->8--- > Please don't do it. Well, in summary. I have no knowledge about GNU tools and how they expand '~'. I agree that '~' could be considered as a wart. And I do not know if considering '~' as shortcut for $HOME is a "good practise" or not. But I use '~' as meaning $HOME more more often than I create an obscure subfolder named '~' (well I never did :-)). And I treat with care the filename when I use 'sudo' because it is context switch so so error-prone. Maybe wrong terminology has been used with 'expanduser' but Guix should expand '~' in agreement with the GNU Bash tilde-expansion section IMHO. (And this is valid for any '--long-option=~'.) Therefore does the "it" in the Danny's and Tobias's "don't do it" mean tilde-expansion? Sorry again to be slow or bikeshed. Best regards, simon
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
On +2020-04-30 22:54:47 +0200, zimoun wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 21:20, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > > > > Hartmut, Zimoun, > > > > Hartmut Goebel 写道: > > > After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is > > > called > > > in Python) on all arguments which are paths. > > > > If any Python (or other) software does this, it's broken. File a > > bug there. > > > > This is the wrong thing to do and makes the GNU system an > > inconsistent mess. …OK, *more* of an inconsistent, loveable, mess > > ;-) > > > > It also makes > > > > $ sudo guix system --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project … > > > > and > > > > $ sudo guix system -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage … > > > > suddenly result in different file names. > > Sorry to be slow. Naive questions. > > Do you mean the issue comes from who expand '~' (user vs sudo)? > Or do you mean refer to subfolder named '~, i.e., $HOME/foo/~/bar? > > I should miss a point... about what is less or more inconsistent. :-) > Because it seems more based on conventions than on consistent inconsistencies. > > About expansion, is it not the same question with > '--load-path=$HOME/path/to/' vs '-L $HOME/path/to/'? > About naming, is it possible to create a folder named '~' directly in $HOME? > > Well, I am surely not enough skilled to have an opinion but I have > learnt something. :-) > FYA:(Amusement): man bash to see what more ~ can lead to ;-) (scroll down or search for the "Tilde Expansion" section) > > > Please don't do it. > > The fact that Guile does not have a built-in ``expand-tilde`` is a > strong indication to not do it. ;-) > > > Cheers, > simon > > > -- Regards, Bengt Richter
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Hi Tobias, On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 21:20, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > > Hartmut, Zimoun, > > Hartmut Goebel 写道: > > After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is > > called > > in Python) on all arguments which are paths. > > If any Python (or other) software does this, it's broken. File a > bug there. > > This is the wrong thing to do and makes the GNU system an > inconsistent mess. …OK, *more* of an inconsistent, loveable, mess > ;-) > > It also makes > > $ sudo guix system --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project … > > and > > $ sudo guix system -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage … > > suddenly result in different file names. Sorry to be slow. Naive questions. Do you mean the issue comes from who expand '~' (user vs sudo)? Or do you mean refer to subfolder named '~, i.e., $HOME/foo/~/bar? I should miss a point... about what is less or more inconsistent. :-) Because it seems more based on conventions than on consistent inconsistencies. About expansion, is it not the same question with '--load-path=$HOME/path/to/' vs '-L $HOME/path/to/'? About naming, is it possible to create a folder named '~' directly in $HOME? Well, I am surely not enough skilled to have an opinion but I have learnt something. :-) > Please don't do it. The fact that Guile does not have a built-in ``expand-tilde`` is a strong indication to not do it. ;-) Cheers, simon
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Hartmut, Zimoun, Hartmut Goebel 写道: After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is called in Python) on all arguments which are paths. If any Python (or other) software does this, it's broken. File a bug there. This is the wrong thing to do and makes the GNU system an inconsistent mess. …OK, *more* of an inconsistent, loveable, mess ;-) It also makes $ sudo guix system --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project … and $ sudo guix system -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage … suddenly result in different file names. Please don't do it. Kind regards, T G-R signature.asc Description: PGP signature
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 19:53, Leo Famulari wrote: > > UNIX tools do what they do, and this wart is here to stay in a lot of tools. > > Then at least make it consistent across all the tools UNIX has. I do not have a clear opinion on the subject so I fall with the Danny's wise opinion.
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 07:34:39PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote: > UNIX has its warts, and this is a well-known one (use ${HOME} instead). > > If we did expanduser, I'm sure we'd be seeing bug reports about paths where > there was a tilde in the actual file name, NOT as a expanduser mark. > > UNIX tools do what they do, and this wart is here to stay in a lot of tools. > Then at least make it consistent across all the tools UNIX has. If it's true that this behaviour is more or less consistent in UNIX / POSIX, then I agree with Danny that we should leave it as is. And, I have noticed that ${HOME} is the way to go.
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Dear Hartmut, On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 18:42, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > The short option "-L ~/…" works, since thin this case the shell resolves the > tilde. Whereas for the long-option the shell does not revolve the tilde, > since the tilde is in the middle of the argument. Yu can verify this yourself > easily: Yes, you have right. > Proposed solution: > > After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is called > in Python) on all arguments which are paths. I agree. I am not aware of such function in Guile. All the best, simon
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Hi, This is not related to #40549. The short option "-L ~/…" works, since thin this case the shell resolves the tilde. Whereas for the long-option the shell does not revolve the tilde, since the tilde is in the middle of the argument. Yu can verify this yourself easily: $ python -c 'import sys; print(sys.argv)' ~ ['-c', '/home/hartmut'] $ python -c 'import sys; print(sys.argv)' -L ~ ['-c', '-L', '/home/hartmut'] $ python -c 'import sys; print(sys.argv)' ---long=~ ['-c', '---long=~'] Proposed solution: After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is called in Python) on all arguments which are paths. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |
bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Dear, On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 10:17, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > > Specifying the home directory using `~` (tilde) in `--load-path` does > not add the proper path to > > Does not work (not who "mypackage": > > guix package --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project -A mypackage It seems related to long vs short options, not to the expansion. The short option works: guix package -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage but not the long '--load-path='. > I would expect ~ and ~username to work, too. Same for '~username'. Well, I think it is related to bug #40549, see [1]. [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40549#14 All the best, simon