Re: Update on distro bootstrapping with Guix

2012-10-13 Thread Richard Stallman
> I suggest that, for shared libraries, the hash should disregard the > library's current version, and consider only the interface version. > That way, replacement of the shared library won't require any change > in the installed executable. I understand the motivation, but tha

Re: Update on distro bootstrapping with Guix

2012-10-13 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Richard Stallman skribis: > No. Basically, each package is installed in its own directory, pretty > much à la GNU Stow. However, the directory name contains the hash of > all the inputs used to build that package (source code, compiler, > libraries, build scripts, etc.) Thus, w

Re: Update on distro bootstrapping with Guix

2012-10-13 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
How does that sound? :-) You had me at it being written in Scheme ;-)