2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M guix/scripts/package.scm
M tests/guix-package.sh

@@ 68,6 68,17 @@
   ;; coexist with Nix profiles.
   (string-append %profile-directory "/guix-profile"))
 
+(define (canonicalize-profile profile)
+  "If PROFILE is %USER-PROFILE-DIRECTORY, return %CURRENT-PROFILE.  Otherwise
+return PROFILE unchanged.  The goal is to treat '-p ~/.guix-profile' as if
+'-p' was omitted."                           ; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/17939>
+  (if (and %user-profile-directory
+           (string=? (canonicalize-path (dirname profile))
+                     (dirname %user-profile-directory))
+           (string=? (basename profile) (basename %user-profile-directory)))
+      %current-profile
+      profile))
+
 (define (link-to-empty-profile generation)
   "Link GENERATION, a string, to the empty profile."
   (let* ((drv  (profile-derivation (%store) (manifest '())))


@@ 573,7 584,7 @@ Install, remove, or upgrade PACKAGES in a single transaction.\n"))
                            #f)))
          (option '(#\p "profile") #t #f
                  (lambda (opt name arg result arg-handler)
-                   (values (alist-cons 'profile arg
+                   (values (alist-cons 'profile (canonicalize-profile arg)
                                        (alist-delete 'profile result))
                            #f)))
          (option '(#\n "dry-run") #f #f

@@ 189,7 189,7 @@ test "`readlink_base "$profile"`" = "$generation"
 
 XDG_CACHE_HOME="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}"
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME
-HOME="t-home-$$"
+HOME="$PWD/t-home-$$"
 export HOME
 
 mkdir -p "$HOME"


@@ 224,6 224,15 @@ do
     test "`readlink "$default_profile"`" = "$default_profile-0-link"
 done
 
+# Check whether '-p ~/.guix-profile' makes any difference.
+# See <http://bugs.gnu.org/17939>.
+if test -e "$HOME/.guix-profile-0-link"; then false; fi
+if test -e "$HOME/.guix-profile-1-link"; then false; fi
+guix package --bootstrap -p "$HOME/.guix-profile" -i guile-bootstrap
+if test -e "$HOME/.guix-profile-1-link"; then false; fi
+guix package --bootstrap --roll-back -p "$HOME/.guix-profile"
+if test -e "$HOME/.guix-profile-0-link"; then false; fi
+
 # Extraneous argument.
 if guix package install foo-bar;
 then false; else true; fi