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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: LWN article on Guix
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:08:11 +0200
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> Am Dienstag, 20. August 2013 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>> If you=E2=80=99ve missed it, the Aug. 1st edition of Linux Weekly News (=
LWN) had
>> an article about Guix: https://lwn.net/Articles/560760/ .
>
> Thanks for the link!
>
>> It=E2=80=99s well written and conveys the important ideas, though there =
are a
>> couple of misunderstandings
>
> Rather annoying is the misunderstanding in: "For example, Guix's package=
=20
> store model works by linking a single directory in the system-wide store =
to=20
> a directory in the user's profile. This assumes that a package only=20
> installs files to one location, which is often not the case. Packages tha=
t=20
> install content in multiple output directories (e.g., /usr/bin and=20
> /usr/share/doc) are split up into separate pieces for Guix, so the GNU=20
> Distribution's glib package contains the Glibc binaries, while glib:doc=20
> contains its corresponding documentation."
>
> Each file is symlinked separately, and splitting into several packages is=
=20
> just an option (like in this case to avoid that a user needs to install=20
> heavy documentation).

Yeah, indeed.

Ludo=E2=80=99.