[bug#49034] [PATCH] profiles: Add 'load-profile'.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès schreef op di 15-06-2021 om 10:13 [+0200]:
>> +(define %precious-variables
>> +  ;; Environment variables in the default 'load-profile' white list.
>> +  '("HOME" "USER" "LOGNAME" "DISPLAY" "TERM" "TZ" "PAGER"))
> [...]
>> -;; Protect some env vars from purification.  Borrowed from nix-shell.
>> -(define %precious-variables
>> -  '("HOME" "USER" "LOGNAME" "DISPLAY" "TERM" "TZ" "PAGER"))
>
> This is really a separate issue, but I don't understand why "XAUTHORITY"
> isn't in the list. Without preserving XAUTHORITY, the following won't work
> (at least on my desktop environment):
>
>   guix environment --pure --ad-hoc atril -- atril stuff.pdf
>   # No protocol specified
>   # Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: 
>
> But the following does start atril:
>   guix environment --preserve=XAUTHORITY --pure --ad-hoc atril -- atril 
> stuff.pdf
>   # A window titled ‘Atril Document Viewer’
>
> Could "XAUTHORITY" be added to the list?
> Preserving "DISPLAY" but not "XAUTHORITY" seems rather useless to me,
> at least on my desktop environment.

Agreed, I’ll do that.

Thanks,
Ludo’.