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authorThomas Danckaert <thomas.danckaert@gmail.com>2017-10-08 17:21:09 +0200
committerThomas Danckaert <thomas.danckaert@gmail.com>2017-10-10 10:22:08 +0200
commitce3801506652dcfeec983a66c4cba88c270891e8 (patch)
tree003b93da1d2b9e8fa9dac3e41c1bb09ec14beae9 /gnu
parent4792a0321a5163ed043d404925c8ab03efae1223 (diff)
downloadguix-ce3801506652dcfeec983a66c4cba88c270891e8.tar.gz
system: operating-system-etc-service: Set XCURSOR_PATH.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service): Set XCURSOR_PATH environment
variable so that libxcursor finds cursors in user and system profiles.
* gnu/packages/xorg.scm (libxcursor): Add a TODO for better handling of
XCURSOR_PATH in other profiles.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/xorg.scm9
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm3
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index f3d415c096..c2023dead2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -5300,6 +5300,15 @@ draggable titlebars and borders.")
         ("xproto" ,xproto)))
     (native-inputs
       `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+;; TODO: add XCURSOR_PATH=.../share/icons to profile search paths, so
+;; libXcursor finds cursors installed into a profile.  If we solve bugs
+;; <http://bugs.gnu.org/20255> and <http://bugs.gnu.org/22138>, we can fix
+;; this with a search-path as follows:
+;;
+;;    (native-search-paths
+;;     (list (search-path-specification
+;;            (variable "XCURSOR_PATH")
+;;            (files '("share/icons")))))
     (home-page "https://www.x.org/wiki/")
     (synopsis "Xorg Cursor management library")
     (description "Xorg Cursor management library.")
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 0e834ba5ed..5f562b48bb 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ export INFOPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/info:/run/current-system/profile/share
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share
 export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/xdg:/run/current-system/profile/etc/xdg
 
+# Make sure libXcursor finds cursors installed into user or system profiles.  See <http://bugs.gnu.org/24445>
+export XCURSOR_PATH=$HOME/.icons:$HOME/.guix-profile/share/icons:/run/current-system/profile/share/icons
+
 # Ignore the default value of 'PATH'.
 unset PATH