GNU bug report logs - #52727
When logged as user, GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH points to the system cache instead of the user cache

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Message #14 received at 52727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> ist.tugraz.at>, Denis 'GNUtoo'
 Carikli <GNUtoo <at> cyberdimension.org>, 52727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52727: When logged as user, GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH points
 to the system cache instead of the user cache
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:32:45 +0100

Liliana Marie Prikler schreef op wo 22-12-2021 om 08:57 [+0100]:
> No.  The Guix command as built by `guix pull' sets its own load path,
> but respects system paths too.  You can check by spawning a REPL: [...]

But are there any good reasons to respect $GUILE_LOAD{,_COMPILE}_PATH
at all? Usually, we use wrap-program etc. to set load paths (guile,
python, PATH or otherwise). Maybe guile-launcher can be modified to set
the load path instead of appending to it?

Greetings,
Maxime.

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