From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: The future of 'guix environment' Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:25:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87shg661xc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87efrsyzl4.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3py63j4.fsf@gnu.org> <87shg6wrih.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnl1G-0004u1-FV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:25:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnl1B-0003ld-Qs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:25:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87shg6wrih.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:08:22 +0200") 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel Ricardo Wurmus writes: > The term =E2=80=9Cyoghurt [=E2=80=A6]=E2=80=9D for software with bootstra= pping problems will be > mainstream any day now :) :-) > (But isn=E2=80=99t Go actually okay in terms of bootstrapping thanks to t= he GCC > implementation?) Yes it seems you're right, thanks. gnu/packages/golang.scm says: As of go-1.5, go cannot be bootstrapped without go-1.4, so we need to use go-1.4 or gccgo-5. So that sounds like more work/more steps, but still sweet milky Greetings, janneke --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.com