Thanks, Maxime! Does the location of the `--pure` flag matter? I.e. I was running
`guix shell -D guix --pure` (suggested by the manual) and you're suggesting `guix shell --pure -D guix' On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:02 PM Maxime Devos <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26-08-2022 19:32, Katherine Cox-Buday wrote: > > > It gives me this error: configure: error: C++ compiler 'g++' does not > > support the C++11 standard > > > > I have to run `guix shell -D [email protected] --pure` to get > > ./configure to work. > > > > Since `guix shell -D` includes the development packages for Guix, > > maybe the package needs updating? > > Maybe ./configure somehow picks up an old g++ from outside the "guix > shell" environment. > > To avoid this, you can do `guix shell --pure -D guix'. > > Don't forget to add --localstatedir=/var to ./configure, especially if > you hack on the daemon -- otherwise if you start the modified daemon > from your git checkout, the state will go out of sync. > > Greetings, > Maxime >
