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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-07-15 21:24:15 +0200
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-07-16 20:12:07 +0200
commit2ffd1314cd80d9d8fb38b78a34ef10bbf666838f (patch)
tree60e295458fefef6debc4b7d8ed2b33e55e8965b7
parent4089d7920fc5f27fefdde6b0fec17f3224e62377 (diff)
guix-install.sh: Make sure /etc/profile is sourced.
New users regularly report missing newly-installed programmes and icons. * etc/guix-install.scm (main): Tell users to log out & back in.
-rwxr-xr-xetc/guix-install.sh4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/guix-install.sh b/etc/guix-install.sh
index efcc3d81d8..72dc3839e8 100755
--- a/etc/guix-install.sh
+++ b/etc/guix-install.sh
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ sys_authorize_build_farms()
sys_create_init_profile()
{ # Create /etc/profile.d/guix.sh for better desktop integration
+ # This will not take effect until the next shell or desktop session!
[ -d "/etc/profile.d" ] || mkdir /etc/profile.d # Just in case
cat <<"EOF" > /etc/profile.d/guix.sh
# _GUIX_PROFILE: `guix pull` profile
@@ -507,6 +508,9 @@ main()
_msg "${PAS}Guix has successfully been installed!"
_msg "${INF}Run 'info guix' to read the manual."
+
+ # Required to source /etc/profile in desktop environments.
+ _msg "${INF}Please log out and back in to complete the installation."
}
main "$@"