From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Compatibility between Nix and Guix Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:19:42 -0500 Message-ID: <20190926121942.e67w6cx53u6yy2qx@thebird.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iDSrW-00068Q-Ry for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:27:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iDSrV-0001BJ-OX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:27:10 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:46274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iDSrV-0001Ai-Im for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:27:09 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=E4fer?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Daniel, Nix and Guix are quite different even though they share the same root. I used Nix for 10-odd years until I discovered GNU Guix. On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 04:13:05AM +0200, Daniel Sch=E4fer wrote: > How much of that is still true? The daemon is not compatible anymore an= d > I don't think it is a good idea to have two different daemons share the= same sto > re. Correct. There are two databases and the hashes are different anyway. No gain and plenty of potential pain. > Is there still the a possibility to use either Nix on GuixSD or Guix on= NixOS > without duplicating the store or running two daemons? > Or e.g. use Nix with Guile? It is safe to use two stores and two daemons. Virtue of isolation :) Pj.