bug#24686: --load-path not honored by guix system

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Blah Blahh <address@hidden> skribis:

> Worked fine when I set GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH, did not when I tried using -
> -load-path to pass the exact same directory. According to mark_weaver
> from #guix it should, so here I am to mention it. Specifically I used
> "guix system reconfigure --load-path=/root/guix-modules
> /etc/config.scm" and it did not search in that directory, then I set
> GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH to /root/guix-modules and ran the command without
> the --load-path part and it found the package defined in a module in a
> subdirectory of it.

I just tried and it Works for Me with current master.

What does ‘guix --version’ return?  What makes you think ‘--load-path’
is not honored, perhaps because you’re using ‘specification->package’ in
config.scm?

Thanks,
Ludo’.