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[PATCH core-updates]: Add a 'append-separator?' field to the <search-path-specification> record.

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Message #43 received at 43627-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 43627-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH core-updates v2 1/2] guix: Add an append-separator?
 field to the <search-path-specification> record.
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 10:24:33 -0400

Hi!

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

> Hi,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> This new field allows to specify in a search-path-specification that a
>> trailing separator should be added to the computed value of the environment
>> variable.  A trailing separator sometimes has the meaning that the usual
>> builtin locations should be looked up as well as the ones explicitly
>> specified.
>>
>> One use case is to specify the Emacs library paths using EMACSLOADPATH.  This
>> allows to not embed the Emacs version in its search path specification, which
>> has been shown to cause issues when upgrading a profile or when defining
>> variant Emacs packages of different versions.
>
> Got it now.  :-)
>
> Leo.s patch series seems to be addressing the same issue:
>
>   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47661
>
> Should we hold on until we.ve reviewed and acted upon #47661?  Or does
> it have known uses apart from Emacs?

The above as now been merged, obsoleting this series.  Closing!

Thanks,

Maxim

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