From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
To: jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: nix installed with guix on a foreign distro
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 02:45:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23c3c044-8448-a780-36f4-4567e561c8d4@telenet.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220726175058.GE2495@gac>
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On 27-07-2022 00:50, jgart wrote:
> What do you think Debian people should be providing to make it easier to run the guix installed nix package?
>
> Or, what should I ask the Debian people if I decide to inquire with them?
>
> all best,
Right, you want to install "nix" (a distro) with "guix" (a distro) on
$FOREIGN_DISTRO (a distro) (let's assume Debian).
My answer is: why not install nix on $FOREIGN_DISTRO directly? There
appears to be a nice Debian package already
<https://packages.debian.org/sid/nix-bin> (at least, I assume it is
nice, I've never used nix).
I mean, this is service stuff, not just an application. In theory I
suppose that, with lots of work, Guix could support some kind of
'foreign services', but I think you'll be better off (less effort,
better integration) with installing the service directly, with
$FOREIGN_DISTRO when available.
Worse, this is not just a service, but a distro. You would be putting a
distro inside a distro inside a distro ... that's too much nesting, at
least for me. Sounds interesting to observe from a distance though ...
Now I notice I haven't actually answered your question ... Let's say,
they shouldn't be providing to make that use case easier -- if they
really want to, then they can decide to do so, but see the stuff above,
would the effort be worth it?
Greetings,
Maxime
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-10 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-26 6:00 nix installed with guix on a foreign distro jgart
2022-07-26 10:10 ` Maxime Devos
2022-07-26 22:50 ` jgart
2022-09-10 0:45 ` Maxime Devos [this message]
2022-09-10 2:02 ` jgart
2022-09-10 10:22 ` Maxime Devos
2022-09-10 14:31 ` jgart
2022-09-10 9:57 ` zimoun
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2022-07-26 21:16 Nathan Dehnel
2022-07-26 22:49 ` jgart
2022-07-27 4:46 ` Julien Lepiller
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