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

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>
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>, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#75688] [PATCH 0/2] Introduce GUIX_LIBRARY_PATH to replace harmful environment variables
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:28:04 +0200

Hi,

宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net> skribis:

> I think we'll only add them for desktop (GTK and QT) applications, which
> have issues reported (broke foreign system):
>
>   GUIX_GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILES (fixed)
>   GUIX_GIO_EXTRA_MODULES (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/77057)
>   GUIX_QT_PLUGIN_PATH (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/73897)
>   GUIX_GTK{2,3,4}_PATH (patched)

OK.

> And maybe GUIX_XDG_DATA_DIRS and GUIX_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, which have most
> of duplicated entries (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/23118)

Problem is that XDG_ variables are very generic and used pretty much by
everything, not just desktop applications; and it’s important IMO that
users be able to customize their code in the documented way: by setting
XDG_*.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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