GNU bug report logs - #40977
Tilde-expansion in --long-options=

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>

Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
To: bug-guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: --load-path does not honor ~
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:15:57 +0200

Specifying the home directory using `~` (tilde) in `--load-path` does
not add the proper path to

Does not work (not who "mypackage":

  guix package --load-path=~/path/tp/my/project -A mypackage

Using $HOME (which si resolve by the shell works:

  guix package --load-path=$HOME/path/tp/my/project -A mypackage


I would expect ~ and ~username to work, too.
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