guix-module-union and guile modules take priority over $GUILE_LOAD_PATH

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Mikhail Tsykalov wrote on 31 Dec 2023 13:56
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When running (bash syntax) "env GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/tmp:$GUILE_LOAD_PATH
guix repl <(echo '(display %load-path) (newline)')" /tmp is placed after
guix-module-union and guile modules.

While this may be desired behavior (judging from commit message of
459f0d07a1b), it leads to the user being unable to overwrite modules in
guix-module-union using environmental variables.

This doesn't really break anything documented, but it makes pre-inst-env
with unbuilt scripts/guix pull modules from guix-modules-union instead
of working directory. (i.e. "make check-system" will ignore changes to
gnu/tests subdirectory). Also I think it's logical for user paths to
take priority over system ones.

I think these entries are added by
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