GNU bug report logs - #37790
MANPATH missing from non-default profile

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 49353

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Subject: bug#37790: closed (Re: bug#37790: MANPATH missing from
 non-default profile)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:26:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#37790: MANPATH missing from non-default profile

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 37790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 37790-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37790: MANPATH missing from non-default profile
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:24:59 -0500

tags 37790 notabug
thanks

Hi,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I agree it’s inconvenient, but how would you add an exception?
>
> I'm not too sure how Guix works here, but what about when building the
> profile, systematically populating etc/profile with MANPATH=...?

I don't think special casing ~/.guix-profile like this, polluting other
profiles is a good idea.

I'm closing this 2+ years old bug.

Thank you,

Maxim


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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: MANPATH missing from non-default profile
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:58:10 +0200

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`man` fails to find man pages from non-default profiles.
Indeed, MANPATH is set in /etc/profile to

export MANPATH=\
$HOME/.guix-profile/share/man\
:/run/current-system/profile/share/man

I believe that each profile should set MANPATH in their own etc/profile.

Thoughts?

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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