Re: Eliminate environment variable hints?

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> When (re)sourcing etc/profile, you might clutter some variables.  For
> instance, if you do that several times, you can end up with:
>
>   
> PATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:…
>
> Conversely, the hint upon installation disappears if the entry is
> already present in the variable.
>
> That’s a fine point but I occasionally rely on this as a user.

Ah, I see.

> That said, I understand your concern.  What about changing the message
> to:
>
>   You might need to run:
>
>      . …/etc/profile
>
>   Alternately, you can define the following environment variables:
>
>      …
>
> Too verbose?  Confusing?

I think it’s pretty verbose, but I think it would be good to have
“source …/etc/profile” appear at the *end* of the message.

(Guix generally produces a lot of output and in my experience people at
the MDC have learned to not read it… :-/)

If the last few lines give the most reliable hint (using “source”) I
think that would be most helpful.

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Ricardo