[debbugs-tracker] bug#18305: closed (lack of central info dir file)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: lack of central info dir file Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:20:43 +0100 User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux)

I've just successfully installed the Guix system on a spare computer
(yay!).  I'll send some bug reports as they roll in.  First up...

$HOME/.guix-profile/share/info/dir always points to the dir file of the
most recently installed package.  Instead, normally a dir file exists
independently of any package, and each package's entry is installed in
it via install-info.  So, now, for example, in info I only see Emacs'
entries but not Recutils, Coreutils or any of the other packages I've
installed.

Is it possible to remove or block the symlinking of each package's dir
in favor of installing to a user-local dir file in the profile?  Or
would this interfere with the no-side-effects nature of Guix?

-brandon


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> This is now fixed.  Feedback welcome!
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> Specifically, ‘profile-derivation’ has support to build the profile’s
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> For the record, I initially wanted to come up with a more generic design
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