From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 05 12:24:28 2018 Received: (at 29892) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jan 2018 17:24:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37254 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eXVjI-0007fZ-JE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:24:28 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:55806) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eXVjG-0007fR-SV for 29892@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:24:27 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF58F1078C; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 18:24:25 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id z7Iw8-bO3Zd4; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 18:24:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A92B1074D; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 18:24:24 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Jelle Licht Subject: Re: bug#29892: dvtm does not properly export terminfo References: <87mv1xzec7.fsf@gnu.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 16 =?utf-8?Q?Niv=C3=B4se?= an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:24:23 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Jelle Licht's message of "Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:20:04 +0100") Message-ID: <87tvw0usl4.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 29892 Cc: 29892@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) Hi, Jelle Licht skribis: > 2018-01-01 18:19 GMT+01:00 Ludovic Court=C3=A8s : [...] >> =E2=80=98TERMINFO_DIRS=E2=80=99 is a search path of ncurses. However, b= ecause search >> paths of dependencies are not honored, it doesn=E2=80=99t get set: >> >> https://bugs.gnu.org/22138 >> >> This is what we should fix. [...] > Am I correct in assuming that as a temporary (personal) workaround, I can > just > install ncurses in my profile as well? Yes. > Perhaps guix can warn if you install a package which has a dependency > with a search path like ncurses? Or would this be too much of a hassle > to implement? > > It would not solve the issue, but at least prevent people from > not understanding why their packages are not working. WDYT? Good question, not sure it would be significantly easier than fixing the core issue. Dunno! Ludo=E2=80=99.