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Re: Empty entries in $GUILE_LOAD_PATH


From: Mark H Weaver
Subject: Re: Empty entries in $GUILE_LOAD_PATH
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:30:57 -0400
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Try something like:
>
>   $ GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/foo/bar: make check
>
> … and see the LALR tests fail with:
>
>   ERROR: In procedure primitive-load-path: Unable to find file
> "home/ludo/src/guile/test-suite/lalr/common-test.scm" in load path
>
> (These tests use ‘load’.)
>
> Is that expected?  What’s the meaning of empty entries in the load path?

It seems to me that a valid load path should never contain empty
entries, because the empty string is not a valid path.

> Should ‘meta/uninstalled-env’ & co. clear $GUILE_LOAD_PATH?

I don't see why it should.

     Mark



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