GNU bug report logs - #40369
guix environment messed up shell

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Alexandru-Sergiu Marton <brown121407 <at> member.fsf.org>

Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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From: "Alexandru-Sergiu Marton" <brown121407 <at> posteo.ro>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alexandru-Sergiu Marton <brown121407 <at> member.fsf.org>, 40369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40369: guix environment messed up shell
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:03:04 +0300

> What shell do you use?

bash

> Could you check if this is somehow due to PS1? For instance run:
>
> guix environment neovim
> export PS1='\u\$ '
> write a loooong line

That fixed it, so it isn't a Guix bug. Thanks a lot!

It was something wrong with how I set the colors with tput that only
manifested when I entered an environment cause that appends a colored
"[env]" to my PS1.
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