bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Hi, tomas.alme...@astrolabium.io writes: > Hello, > > I see people mentioning here that there doesn't seem to be a general > solution to be included in Guix for this, but I als do not understand > what the particular solution (for my machine, for example) is supposed > to be. > I'm a new user

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Hello, Fis Trivial writes: >> >> so I >> still think it might be best to deal with the problems on a case by case >> basis. >> > > I tried to find out what would Fedora set *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* if guix didn't. > It turns out, nothing. If I comment out the line containing *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* > in

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

> > so I > still think it might be best to deal with the problems on a case by case > basis. > I tried to find out what would Fedora set *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* if guix didn't. It turns out, nothing. If I comment out the line containing *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* in ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile, the variable

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Chris Marusich writes: > Of course, if there is a way to solve this class of problem more > generally without introducing impurities, that'd be great. I just can't > think of one at this time. There is existing code in Guix that puts things into the store which depend on

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Fis Trivial writes: > Maybe we can Maybe we can divide those environment variables into two types: > 1. Needed directly by human. For example the *PATH* environment, we use > it >to start whatever program from the shell. > 2. Environment

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Please know that introducing wrapper script might cause problems like this one: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29824

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Maybe we can Maybe we can divide those environment variables into two types: 1. Needed directly by human. For example the *PATH* environment, we use it to start whatever program from the shell. 2. Environment variables only needed by programs. For examples, the

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

Fis Trivial writes: > I tried to find out which environment variable is responsible for breaking > the gnome shell by disabling them in ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile one at a > time. > > It turns out to be the *GI_TYPELIB_PATH*. After commenting it out in the > profile >

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

I tried to find out which environment variable is responsible for breaking the gnome shell by disabling them in ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile one at a time. It turns out to be the *GI_TYPELIB_PATH*. After commenting it out in the profile file my system works as usual. But then, this variable is

bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora.

* Environment I am currently running Guix on top of Fedora 26, which comes with Gnome 3.24.2 As recommended(1), I source *~/.guix-profile/etc/profile* in *~/.bash_profile* to make all the exported variables recognized by login shell. * Issue After installing python-ipython with guix, guix