as reported on #guix on 2024-04-01: https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2024-04-01.log#121908
the following alias (a default in ubuntu) is not quoted properly: notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')" which leads to an error when opening a new terminal after a `guix home reconfigure`. a discussion of this alias: https://askubuntu.com/questions/423646/use-of-default-alias-alert -- • attila lendvai • PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- “What you do speaks so loud I cannot hear what you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)