From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu May 20 10:24:43 2021 Received: (at 43627-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 May 2021 14:24:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34946 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ljjbO-0003nl-RG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2021 10:24:43 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f170.google.com ([209.85.222.170]:44749) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ljjbM-0003nW-Hw for 43627-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2021 10:24:41 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f170.google.com with SMTP id h20so769235qko.11 for <43627-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 20 May 2021 07:24:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=B3dBaZM8XiknzR3yOh4GqC1ivV2Z3K6kqqlMDvx8Yak=; b=pxXtJA3mwOt8BpZqqTAg6+EaMj1lVH8IfZd4FcQwD28/Bd7+9MwYqZ7LRxRlMkg351 6GaatX7cIAVM8SOIp9sfDAa4Z00gTDjjMyYDHmB9heNOY3zY8H+ruDmULLjjGw0KxcVg KOPTu6UgL++/Y5Yh+iejl65dp6UGy65xswvJYs3+15KpB1K9oV+iH7C8J0QojURCFm/n RV9ktTIrGy3+JOv44ft8lvBVXmFBvbsWIuevCCkuCs+0rTvmXP4e/UzyXl/4EmVpCN6s e0q1JyuTvi0nq4ko6sx11/4i+R9AE5bxWwrNP7ZzydKcL1uwSuGZsQFzJqHiNKtqHkzP FBJQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=B3dBaZM8XiknzR3yOh4GqC1ivV2Z3K6kqqlMDvx8Yak=; b=Sjn5f+ks/8oS5msNa/QsgdI0evsosLXE04Vxd9h/qnOE5XtTVyEuux0QfJgv6ng0a4 CBHM8YePIVCUr9BzkkxwYWsjUffnUo95gYGOV8rb50bC112uZPXmtrmKrZwdfJNXomGM 1Fhng4ccAhgm/dFY6fCW0nlwI5zJn1xf91do0QNapwHUf50l88LzE48BESkcGdMDXQN/ 4fmPwyC08uP/5CH8IkzIfj4JOepyd1BBUgsPBdbQgapbLGSgaawGL+XEF1rNGJorxEn4 Cy1Bk/QSx7GBBJ4p7mf7qIzhRYt78SoHzkoxDOBK4FZ+HGbgc/sWz4Gu3I3PDhHerVLZ 3rjA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Vqfq6udGJwBGdOn15ZGyQ9tjFp8MCVJKYoYdTXe8jwtStlAkW kMkttujwGa4cSKSqLWDzEW0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwfZ/P54kAsaEu6dwqYf4d2Dy5nJqIcJH+9yIuvklV4IqGYsK/tQbiVLM58JhxDWvUmnGVVHQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:3c1:: with SMTP id r1mr5645047qkm.339.1621520674932; Thu, 20 May 2021 07:24:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hurd (dsl-150-81.b2b2c.ca. [66.158.150.81]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 7sm2072873qkd.20.2021.05.20.07.24.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 20 May 2021 07:24:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: [PATCH core-updates v2 1/2] guix: Add an append-separator? field to the record. References: <87blhtt6d6.fsf@gmail.com> <20210330155102.16610-1-maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> <87o8el27o5.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 10:24:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87o8el27o5.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:42:18 +0200") Message-ID: <87eee1zdni.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 43627-done Cc: 43627-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Prikler 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! Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hi, > > Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > >> This new field allows to specify in a search-path-specification that a >> trailing separator should be added to the computed value of the environm= ent >> variable. A trailing separator sometimes has the meaning that the usual >> builtin locations should be looked up as well as the ones explicitly >> specified. >> >> One use case is to specify the Emacs library paths using EMACSLOADPATH. = This >> allows to not embed the Emacs version in its search path specification, = which >> has been shown to cause issues when upgrading a profile or when defining >> variant Emacs packages of different versions. > > Got it now. :-) > > Leo.s patch series seems to be addressing the same issue: > > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47661 > > Should we hold on until we.ve reviewed and acted upon #47661? Or does > it have known uses apart from Emacs? The above as now been merged, obsoleting this series. Closing! Thanks, Maxim