Adding site and site-ccache in ~/.local to load(-compiled)-path by default?

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Hi,

I just set up a guile library for the kids manually, naturally
configuring with

    ./configure --prefix=3D$HOME/.local

to avoid interfering with other user accounts, and setting up the
correct %load-path and %load-compiled-path was much more of a hurdle
than I expected.

I managed it, but it took several minutes, and I hacked it into ~/.guile
in the end, because setting GUILE_LOAD_PATH in ~/.profile did not work
(and even writing that already took time).


For new learners that=E2=80=99s quite a bad first impression.


Is there a good reason why we do not include the site dir and the
site-ccache dir in $HOME/.local in the %load-path and
%load-compiled-path by default (if they exist)?

And if there is a reason, could we re-think whether it is still worth
the cost?

It puts up quite a barrier for adoption (much more than I thought).


It would be really nice if

    git clone LIBRARY_URL && cd folder/ && \
      autoreconf -i && ./configure --prefix=3D$HOME/.local && \
      make && make install && guile

or

    wget LIBRARY_TARBALL_URL && tar xf TARBALL && cd folder / && \
      ./configure --prefix=3D$HOME/.local && \
      make && make install && guile

would automatically enable importing from the library.


Best wishes,
Arne
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Unpolitisch sein
hei=C3=9Ft politisch sein,
ohne es zu merken.
https://www.draketo.de

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