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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: 40977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:50:41 +0200

Dear Hartmut,

On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 18:42, Hartmut Goebel
<h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com> wrote:

> The short option "-L ~/…" works, since thin this case the shell resolves the tilde. Whereas for the long-option the shell does not revolve the tilde, since the tilde is in the middle of the argument. Yu can verify this yourself easily:

Yes, you have right.


> Proposed solution:
>
> After processing options, guix need to "expanduser()" (as it is called
> in Python) on all arguments which are paths.

I agree.
I am not aware of such function in Guile.

All the best,
simon

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