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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/build')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/build/utils.scm | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm index a4a82a5f8c..c0b150e016 100644 --- a/guix/build/utils.scm +++ b/guix/build/utils.scm @@ -248,9 +248,17 @@ SEPARATOR-separated path accordingly. Example: " (let* ((path (search-path-as-list sub-directories input-dirs)) (value (list->search-path-as-string path separator))) - (setenv env-var value) - (format #t "environment variable `~a' set to `~a'~%" - env-var value))) + (if (string-null? value) + (begin + ;; Never set ENV-VAR to an empty string because often, the empty + ;; string is equivalent to ".". This is the case for + ;; GUILE_LOAD_PATH in Guile 2.0, for instance. + (unsetenv env-var) + (format #t "environment variable `~a' unset~%" env-var)) + (begin + (setenv env-var value) + (format #t "environment variable `~a' set to `~a'~%" + env-var value))))) (define (which program) "Return the complete file name for PROGRAM as found in $PATH, or #f if |