bug#60364: closed (Bad definition of $TEXMF in guix shell containing texlive)

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regarding Bad definition of $TEXMF in guix shell containing texlive
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> Bad definition of $TEXMF in guix shell containing texlive
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> Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:56:40 +0000
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> Hello,
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> In a shell environment that contains texlive instead of texlive-base, $TEXMF 
> contains the path to texlive packages directly, indead of the path to all 
> packages in the profile. It is a problem for packages obtained from another 
> channel / custom package definitions, which are then not found.
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> > guix shell texlive -- kpsewhich -all -var-value TEXMF
> > {{}/home/elias/.texlive2021/texmf-config,/home/elias/.texlive2021/texmf-var,/home/elias/texmf,/gnu/store/j63hhbhiycaab3rx4fr0g96vybdfxmax-texlive-20210325/share/texmf-local,!!/gnu/store/7binnxi4w7sxlnpns2qa4yc94bfbfkqf-texlive-texmf-20210325/share/texmf-config,!!/gnu/store/7binnxi4w7sxlnpns2qa4yc94bfbfkqf-texlive-texmf-20210325/share/texmf-var,!!/gnu/store/7binnxi4w7sxlnpns2qa4yc94bfbfkqf-texlive-texmf-20210325/share/texmf-dist}
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> > guix shell texlive-base -- kpsewhich -all -var-value TEXMF
> > {/gnu/store/jdfsq5k23cz70p68jmiyjca2asg7r1ll-profile/share/texmf-dist}
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> My workaround was to set TEXMFHOME to $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/share/texmf-dist in my 
> (fish) shell configuration so it is expanded when entering the guix 
> environment, but it doesn't work when running the command directly (as in guix 
> shell texlive -- lualatex file).
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> Closing
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> Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:50:27 +0200
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> Hello,
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> the monolithic texlive package should not be mixed with additional
> texlive packages. With the recent remodelling of the texlive packages,
> it would be better to install something like texlive-scheme-medium
> instead. Eventually we aim for reaching a metapackage for a full
> texlive installation this way.
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> So I am closing this bug report now, please reopen it if you still
> experience problems with the modular texlive system, or if I misunderstood
> the problem.
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> Thanks for your report,
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> Andreas
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