bug#29519: ./pre-inst-env: substitute: Failed to autoload make-session in (gnutls)

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

I didn't test this yet, but I was wondering about `sudo'
"-E"/"--preserve-env" option, wasn't it dropped because it would
conflict with other variables that the user has? Or better yet, because
it would take package definitions from other places?

2017-12-04T10:07:40+0100 Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The problem is that the (gnutls) module is not in the search path of
> ‘guix substitute’.
>
> Usually the solution is to start the daemon using something like:
>
>   sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon …
>
> so that ‘guix-daemon’ inherits the correct values for ‘GUILE_LOAD_PATH’,
> etc.
>
> Does that work for you?
>
> We used to have this suggestion in the doc, but it was reverted in
> commit 73a203450d21241eca50375aeb26fb418b287414.  Leo, do you think we
> can reinstate it?  I’m not sure why it was reverted in the first place.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>