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guix shell --check reports missing PKG_CONFIG_PATH on Debian bookworm

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 53355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>,
 51466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51466: bug#53355: guix shell --check: confusing error message
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:38:15 +0200

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Ludovic Courtès schreef op di 28-06-2022 om 09:45 [+0200]:
> Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:
> 
> > Ludovic Courtès schreef op ma 27-06-2022 om 12:17 [+0200]:
> > > I agree that Dash should be fixed, but in the meantime, we still want
> > > our stuff to work with the broken Dash (it’s the default on
> > > Debian/Ubuntu, isn’t it?).
> > 
> > If Dash is fixed, then it's non-broken
> 
> Even if a fix goes upstream today, people will still be using a distro
> with the broken Dash for years, literally.  That’s why I think we have
> to cope with it.

Then it could be fixed in that distro?  And if the distro intentionally
keeps it broken for years, then that seems more a problem in the distro
than Guix to me.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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