GNU bug report logs - #49353
INFOPATH and MANPATH not set in profiles

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 13:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 37790

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

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From: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: INFOPATH and MANPATH not set in profiles
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 09:54:17 -0400

MANPATH is set by the man-db package, and /etc/profile.

INFOPATH is set by the emacs package, the texinfo package, and
/etc/profile.

/etc/profile sets the variables as such:
export MANPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/man:/run/current-system/profile/share/man
export INFOPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/info:/run/current-system/profile/share/info


This means if I use multiple profiles, and I don't have `(and man-db (or
emacs texinfo))` in each profile, then I can't access the info and man
files using the info and man commands.

For example:

Fails to find man page
guix environment --ad-hoc neovim
man nvim


Finds man page just fine
guix environment --ad-hoc man-db neovim
man nvim
Merged 37790 49353. Request was from Morgan Smith <morgan.j.smith <at> outlook.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:31:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:24:08 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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