From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Oct 04 14:26:00 2020 Received: (at 30093) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Oct 2020 18:26:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46723 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kP8hs-0006jT-2F for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:26:00 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-f171.google.com ([209.85.160.171]:45235) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kP8hn-0006jD-3u for 30093@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:25:58 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-f171.google.com with SMTP id 10so7449621qtx.12 for <30093@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:25:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=Kn9a73ha9YAfwWeEtzRe+HDdtjEtkN47wg1K7TUvX38=; b=EAZdRW018Xouuoz36hmJwpvMGUtT3bDIz/NMfUFe36+K8USlEFgsNy+wSUlIJw/OZD GaVKHiti6BQZArFNH9YKTb2vEpWRGgl6xl1DG8LHghkVgsZkVTiF0OgbIf38CHzeCoFg ktAjUl24ir23gIjguJxakj/3nPkC39QP2HEDKYSqNouotzirgM4k7vn9hUMUMLeoLrrM 1RWHOoyiEKBBlZRFanG3ljWp4n9D+lkibKYOzXTeYvYPgztnezpS/YOM5FJura2qJGyh qJpKagCVWpWUtyMSRAT5qjZavPvnkBY6f0Plet1X5MTs8BlhKrrnPcXhAkh+aVwXlm2A D/Cg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=Kn9a73ha9YAfwWeEtzRe+HDdtjEtkN47wg1K7TUvX38=; b=HHSJQ7Q06+DQvEfHe9o4Q7UMWyCoPDaZ4WzxnS+ZBEUh7ygVgtdKQgc1eBLcHtGtYC xRGXesnUmP9KbFSAhXbzi9pZlnlaXXH59NngYS/qVUyAcUAhBTOFHNXr0A7jm+m19u9r HQ3S01iu2mtKgBWdoiUJ9yayQMJs4uXqwkfjQDCFUeZfxOe+7DqnERXoTpQkCezyIRFe cpkGtUhD47BDJI2xY/8pYD8qg68u8IEYvll0BblkP/3MtYH+RsZE1GNoSoeDEErFX0rr gETJdtLUWSteFl/0RNR1gpj8x5w9OTkJ+D7pYnAAzh1EfWK8UgjDDACU2/LPjLpFNDms YcUQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532C6PkBL8FH1goGbfFT4/vm9hgmcL1ikQ4ThPg6FRm67HqCigYV gH0xGjR6VvICWM12njVne4O+qJegUPaePQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz30B78UTRDv+Yye9/pDUCgnQjbSLldf2tlBjSiph4mhGdcbH17GhQBGj3cBvhYmjL/dv3TDw== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:1667:: with SMTP id x36mr10980789qtk.51.1601835949441; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hurd (dsl-156-63.b2b2c.ca. [66.158.156.63]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 184sm5642740qkl.104.2020.10.04.11.25.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:25:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Fis Trivial Subject: Re: bug#30093: Installing python-ipython breaks Gnome on Fedora. References: <871sitcm4j.fsf@gmail.com> <876084dqmr.fsf@gmail.com> <87po6cc5ma.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:25:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Fis Trivial's message of "Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:53:44 +0000") Message-ID: <87d01xlufo.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 30093 Cc: Chris Marusich , "30093@debbugs.gnu.org" <30093@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hello, Fis Trivial writes: >> >> so I >> still think it might be best to deal with the problems on a case by case >> basis. >> > > I tried to find out what would Fedora set *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* if guix didn't. > It turns out, nothing. If I comment out the line containing *GI_TYPELIB_PATH* > in ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile, the variable won't be exist. > Is there any suggestion for what I can do, to let guix have this variable, while > Fedora wouldn't see it? I think a bold, but definitive approach at fixing this problem would be to never use known environment variables in Guix search paths specifications. Instead, we should introduce custom Guix-specific flavors of the same variables, e.g. GUIX_GI_TYPELIB_PATH. That's more work (need to write and maintain patches that add those Guix-specific variables along their regular flavor), but that'd mean we can set all the variables we want not worrying about breaking a foreign distribution. What do you think? Maxim