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Tilde-expansion in --long-options=

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Message #8 received at 40977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: 40977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40977: --load-path does not honor ~
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:31:48 +0200

Dear,

On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 10:17, Hartmut Goebel
<h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com> wrote:
>
> 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

It seems related to long vs short options, not to the expansion.


The short option works:

  guix package -L ~/path/to/my/project -A mypackage

but not the long '--load-path='.


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

Same for '~username'.


Well, I think it is related to bug #40549, see [1].

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40549#14


All the best,
simon

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