bug#35864: ~/.local/bin is missing in default PATH on Guix System

[Jesse Gibbons]

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>Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 17:31:38 +0200
>From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden>
>To: Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
>Cc: address@hidden
>Subject: bug#35864: ~/.local/bin is missing in default PATH on Guix
>       System
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>Adding ~/.local/bin to the PATH is common on other distros.  When
>compiling and installing software as a user without making a package
>for it, I want to configure it with --prefix=$HOME/.local so I can
>install without sudo.  Then I want to be able to run:
>
>myprog
>
>instead of
>
>PATH=$HOME/.local/bin myprog
>
>In particular, I want instructions to work on all distros, even though
>Debian failed/fails to do this at the moment too.
>
>Regards,
>Florian
>

I personally think including $HOME/.local/bin in PATH by default is
unnecessary because the Guix package manager lets non-root users
install packages and installs from source with the --no-substitutes
option. However if some people don't want take the time to write and
debug a package definition for programs they want to install that are
not included in guix by default, installing to $HOME/.local remains a
valid option.

The simplest way to resolve this is probably to include it in the
skeleton folder in your OS definition (flexible design FTW, am I
right?). Maybe there can be a service to allow this option without
everyone who wants it writing the code themselves?