Re: How to install GWL?

[Ricardo Wurmus]

zimoun <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Roel,
>
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 12:16, Roel Janssen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I initially wanted the GWL to be part of Guix, and I think that could
>> greatly simplify things.  So by installing GWL, you get the "workflow"
>> and "process" subcommands that work with the version of Guix returned
>> by:
>> $ guix --version
>
> I agree that with the current situation, it is confusing and hard to
> know which "guix --version" is used when running "guix workflow".
> It is what I tried to describe in my other email to this thread.

I believe that by spawning “guix repl” and using it as an inferior we
can remove the confusion, and we would make the separation of what is
library code and what is run-time code clearer.

Currently, that’s not what we’re doing.  Instead we use Guix as a
library (whatever version of the “guix” package is available in the
version of Guix used), and *also* use that version to install software.
That’s clearly not desirable, hence my email.

--
Ricardo