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Replace wrapper scripts with search path value files in search-paths.d

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Message #132 received at 75688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 75688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>,
 Vivien Kraus <vivien <at> planete-kraus.eu>,
 Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>,
 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#75688] [PATCH 0/2] Introduce GUIX_LIBRARY_PATH to replace
 harmful environment variables
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:40:32 +0100

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Just to make sure, GUIX_* variables would be honored *on top* of their
> non GUIX_ prefixed (stock) variants, right?  E.g. we wouldn't want GCC
> to stop honoring LIBRARY_PATH even if we add GUIX_LIBRARY_PATH, as that
> would confuse users.

Even, I would rather not change GCC and Binutils search paths at all:
it’s all too risky (we’d have troubles understanding where problems come
from, given semantics even more complex than they already are—remember
the #include_next problems we’ve had?), and we’d diverge too
significantly from upstream (search path issues would likely be “our”
problem, no way to report it upstream, etc.).

Overall, I think we should be cautious about GUIX_-prefixing search path
environment variables and be sure to weigh the pros and cons.

Ludo’.

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