Pjotr Prins writes: > 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.
Currently my solution is separating the profile file into two parts, one contains PATH and SSL related envs, the second part contains all the others exported by guix. Then I source the first part in login shell while the second part in interactive shell. It's a little hack, which means not the way it should work, to me that's a problem. Guix is still young, we don't have many legacy problems that needs hacks to solve. I love guix project, which is elegant from the choice of scripting language and the underlying functional logic. I hope that if we be picky enough, Guix can stay this way. So lets eliminate these hacks. :) Thanks for your time.
