On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 12:40:39AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello, > > Fis Trivial <ybbs.da...@hotmail.com> skribis: > > > * Problem > > The exported environment variables can cause various problems in foreign > > distribution(1)(2). And besides, The long list of environment variables(4) > > injected into user's login shell makes the user's environment impure. > > So, I believe that if I want to run guix safely on a foreign distributions, > > I > > need to eliminate the need for exporting environment variables from guix to > > my > > login shell.
Not a problem, just don't do it :). To import the invironments run . $PROFILE/etc/profile I do that in scripts or when I need something. Even so, many programs work with just the PATH set. Pj.
