Re: GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH error?

[Ricardo Wurmus]

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> $ cat /tmp/foo/bar.scm
>>> (define-module (guix extensions bar)
>>>   #:use-module (guix scripts))
>>
>> This right here is the problem.  The module name and the file name do
>> not match.  The file must be
>> $GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH/guix/extensions/bar.scm and provide the module
>> (guix extensions bar).
>
> Ah yeah, that makes sense.  Now, no error but nothing showed:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ cat $GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH/guix/extensions/bar.scm
> (define-module (guix extensions bar)
>   #:use-module (guix scripts)
>   #:export (guix-bar)
>   )
>
>
> (define-command (guix-bar . args)
>   (category extension)
>   (synopsis "a bar with beer")
>
>   (pk "dumb"))
>
> $ guix --help | grep bar
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Oh, my bad:  $GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH must actually include the
“/guix/extensions” sub-directory.

So if the file is at /tmp/foo/guix/extensions/bar.scm then
$GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH should be /tmp/foo/guix/extensions.

Sorry for the confusion!

-- 
Ricardo