From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Pirotte Subject: Re: Creating a reliable bootstrap for building from source Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 22:20:29 -0300 Message-ID: <20170514222029.3e17ffc0@capac> References: <87bmt28qnm.fsf@gnu.org> <87k26chy16.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3u5wwsi.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <20170514135041.GA29369@thebird.nl> <20170514153506.GA29953@thebird.nl> <20170514161342.GA30265@thebird.nl> <87efvr769a.fsf@gnu.org> <20170514172927.GA31005@thebird.nl> <20170514183014.GA31243@thebird.nl> <87shk7qg4p.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/VNtXepHw3zYhO83633q7iQM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34986) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dA4h4-00033T-Vu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2017 21:21:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dA4h1-0003f2-PX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2017 21:21:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87shk7qg4p.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?B?Q291cnTDqHM=?= Cc: guix-devel --Sig_/VNtXepHw3zYhO83633q7iQM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Heya, > As a user I want something like =E2=80=98apt-get update=E2=80=99, which i= s what =E2=80=98guix > pull=E2=80=99 tries to do. For end-users, cool stuff would be: nguix [ guix-ncurse u [ update the aptitude cached list of all packages, [ installed or not... just package descriptions, nothing [ has been downloaded yet U [ mark as 'wish to update' g [ list the above marked for update packages, then fine tune [ using =3D, -, + ... g ok, download what I really selected to be updated and update... note that the most important aptitude ncurse menu is 'Cancel pending actions' :) or using emacs, '=C3=A0 la magit' M-x guix-status u U ... > For Guix developers, I think it=E2=80=99s reasonable to have a traditiona= l GNU > build system. After all, Guix is also a regular software package that > people can build from source with =E2=80=9C./configure && make && make in= stall=E2=80=9D. If I could just grab guile-gnutls and =E2=80=9C./configure && make && make= install=E2=80=9D then I could compile, play, use, learn, contribute with/to guix... Cheers, David --Sig_/VNtXepHw3zYhO83633q7iQM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhCJlRZtBM3furJHe83T9k6MFetcFAlkZAl0ACgkQ83T9k6MF etdBzwgAp7Exoy+5puX9RzuKDeuIL/VCt4244LHuhdCbP8JQ8R4AsjXzCSbtK0WO K+aQ9hwcd+vi75dHA93BwRAJQm6iWcsT1hU7JRgo7DefblTSdDaoMFN87XN3PN96 ceZELP+7JGJILAje+W5pQqCUcv3bEoTG9fMJINWXZreBrZS6IRxgxQsawPCp6QDs dJwKj2Zr1sCkIPnh+RwUlGgTKhVRLvZu1Qi54X+La3N3hpcRrQiPHFOUV9987f1m 7T02zQJ61wCPku8ZuVIbSjedPM+q4yoBfYnwZty1OMzwcrdaqMIeTw+jwzjON7vD Ry2dZ/Kx7RWsLcWszXIyNHxIe665Lg== =xodr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VNtXepHw3zYhO83633q7iQM--