Hi, Marc Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You can compile a pacakge twice and remove the non header /non lib > stuff. > Benefits: You don't have to move the libs perhaps circumventing some > trouble ? > But compile time will be doubled. I mentioned it in a previous post but compiling several times sucks IMO. ;-) Actually, being a Debian user, I'm starting to understand that the basic assumption behind source deployment systems (Gentoo, *BSD, NixOS, etc.) is that users really have *plenty* of disk space: if you have enough space to install all the tools need at compilation-time, you surely have enough space to retain (potentially useless) headers, libs, etc. (Gentoo allows users to pass configure `--without-' flags, which slightly mitigates this problem.) That's unfortunate because it completely precludes their use in a wide range of scenarios, not to mention "older" machines. My understanding of Nix channels is that they were intended to get the best of both worlds, but it seems that more work is needed to benefit from the space savings offered by binary distributions. (That said, NixOS' salient points may well outweigh such inconveniences. ;-)) Thanks, Ludovic. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
