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guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is valid

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From: Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is valid
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:47:41 +0000

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User can set load path with -L or --load-path in commands like guix build, guix time-machine and so on. But this flag does not check if the path is actually a valid directory. You can point to a directory that doesn't even exist on the filesystem. It should do that just like the -f or --file flag for the guilx build command.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me>
Cc: 64074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64074: guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is
 valid
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:39:47 +0200

Hi,

Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me> skribis:

> User can set load path with -L or --load-path in commands like guix
> build, guix time-machine and so on. But this flag does not check if
> the path is actually a valid directory. You can point to a directory
> that doesn't even exist on the filesystem.

Indeed.  That’s the same for all similar search path command-line flags
(think ‘gcc -I…’, ‘ld -L…’, and so on).

> It should do that just like the -f or --file flag for the guilx build
> command.

I don’t think so; I think tolerating non-existent directories in the
search path is useful.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me>
To: "64074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is valid
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:19:08 +0000

Hello,

well in that case, if it is consistent with other GNU tools, it makes sense and this can be closed.  Though before closing, do you may have an example for invalid paths that could be useful?

Best Regards
Christian Miller

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From: Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
To: Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me>
Cc: "64074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64074: guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is
 valid
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:22:52 +0200

Christian Miller via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> well in that case, if it is consistent with other GNU tools, it makes
> sense and this can be closed.  Though before closing, do you may have
> an example for invalid paths that could be useful?
>
> Best Regards
> Christian Miller

If I add ~/.local/bin to my $PATH and then delete that directory, I
don't want my shell to abort with an error.
I've also seen configure scripts add /usr/include, which doesn't exist
on Guix.

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From: Christian Miller <miller.christian <at> proton.me>
To: "64074-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64074-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: guix [COMMAND] --load-path does not check if path is valid
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:40:50 +0000

Since this behavior is consistent with other GNU tools and my question has been answered, I close the issue.

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