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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49353: closed (INFOPATH and MANPATH not set in profiles)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:26:03 +0000

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regarding INFOPATH and MANPATH not set in profiles
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From: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: INFOPATH and MANPATH not set in profiles
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 09:54:17 -0400

MANPATH is set by the man-db package, and /etc/profile.

INFOPATH is set by the emacs package, the texinfo package, and
/etc/profile.

/etc/profile sets the variables as such:
export MANPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/man:/run/current-system/profile/share/man
export INFOPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/info:/run/current-system/profile/share/info


This means if I use multiple profiles, and I don't have `(and man-db (or
emacs texinfo))` in each profile, then I can't access the info and man
files using the info and man commands.

For example:

Fails to find man page
guix environment --ad-hoc neovim
man nvim


Finds man page just fine
guix environment --ad-hoc man-db neovim
man nvim

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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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