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Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default

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Message #13 received at 15286-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15286-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15286: Add the current directory as GUILE_LOAD_PATH by default
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:05:42 +0200

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Am Freitag, 6. September 2013, 14:10:27 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
> Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de> skribis:
> 
> > Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the GUILE_LOAD_PATH by hand:
> >
> >       GUILE_LOAD_PATH=. guix package -e '(@ (mercurial) hg)'
> >
> > This could be much clearer if the $pwd were in the load path automatically.
> 
> As usual, it is a bad idea to include ‘.’ in the search path, because it
> makes it easy to unwillingly execute untrusted code.

I now learned, that with guile I can use 

    guile -L .

which actually does what I need.

Providing this in guix would be consistent with guile and it would make it really easy to select overlays.

Best wishes,
Arne
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