[debbugs-tracker] bug#15286: closed (Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default)

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> Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:29:15 +0200
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> Dear Guix Hackers,
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> Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the 
> GUILE_LOAD_PATH by hand:
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>       GUILE_LOAD_PATH=. guix package -e '(@ (mercurial) hg)'
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> This could be much clearer if the $pwd were in the load path automatically.
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> Even clearer could be something like overlays as discussed on guix-devel.¹
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> Examples of usage could be:
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> # install from an explicit definition file
> guix package --file mercurial.scm -i mercurial 
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> # install from a directory with many scheme files: essentially just
> # adds the directory and subdirectories to the load path.
> guix package --overlay . -i mercurial 
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> With the obvious short forms:
> (--file | -f)
> (--overlay | -o)
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> Overlay and file might be used multiple times to adjust the available
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> Adding the local path to the package would be a first step, but it
> would be unnecessary if there were a way to define additional files
> and overlays.
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> Best wishes,
> Arne
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> ¹: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-08/msg00127.html
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> Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the 
> > GUILE_LOAD_PATH by hand:
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> >       GUILE_LOAD_PATH=. guix package -e '(@ (mercurial) hg)'
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> > This could be much clearer if the $pwd were in the load path automatically.
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> As usual, it is a bad idea to include ‘.’ in the search path, because it
> makes it easy to unwillingly execute untrusted code.
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> More generally, ‘GUILE_LOAD_PATH’ is a user environment variable (like
> $PATH, $CPATH, etc.), so it’s up to the user, not to Guix, to set it up
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> So I’m closing this bug, but of course, I remain open to discussions on
> improving Guix to better support “overlays”.
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> Thanks!
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> Ludo’.
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