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[André A. Gomes] [PATCH] Documentation fix

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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: André A. Gomes <andremegafone <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50045 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#50045] [André A. Gomes] [PATCH] Documentation fix
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:04:00 +0100

Hello,

André A. Gomes <andremegafone <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I noticed that unless geiser-guile-load-path is given an absolute path,
> emacs-guix doesn't work properly.
>
> Here's a recipe to see it failing:
>
> Write a file, say test-emacs.el:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (with-eval-after-load 'geiser-guile
>   (add-to-list 'geiser-guile-load-path "~/src/guix"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>
> $ emacs -q -l /path/to/test-emacs.el
>
> M-x guix p n
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Starting Guix REPL ... [5 times]
> guix-geiser-eval: Error in evaluating guile expression: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> error: package-names*: unbound variable
>
> Entering a new prompt.  Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
> scheme@(emacs-guix) [1]>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The attached patch fixes the code snippet in the documentation, thus
> preventing others from stumbling on it.

Thank you for your patch. However it is merely a workaround:
"~/src/guix" _is_ an absolute path. I think there's a problem upstream.

However, emacs-geiser-guile package was updated a few times since your
bug report. Maybe the issue is already fixed. Could you confirm it?

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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