From: Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com>
To: Sage Gerard <sage@sagegerard.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How did you handle making a GNU/Linux distribution?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:23:59 +0000 [thread overview]
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> [I want to bootstrap] all binaries related to creating a GNU/Linux distribution, such that I can reproduce an exact OS, Racket installation, and Xiden instance. I want a trusted initial state on GNU/Linux.
Seems like the easy path for you is to package Xiden for Guix, and then construct a system definition (using Guix System) that includes Racket and Xiden in its default set of packages, and finally use Guix to build system-images for that target system.
To do this does not require that you can run Racket on the Guile VM. The target system-image doesn't even need to have Guile or Guix installed on it at all; it can just serve as a bootstrapped base and you can build from there to your final desired state.
I'm happy to explain or assist with any part of this process, and I imagine others on this list would be as well.
Designing your own bootstrap and rewriting everything in Racket, or waiting for a suitable Racket-on-Guile implementation, do not seem necessary at all to reach your stated goals. Hope this helps!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-23 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-21 16:43 How did you handle making a GNU/Linux distribution? Sage Gerard
2021-08-21 21:18 ` Leo Famulari
2021-08-22 21:53 ` Sage Gerard
2021-08-22 22:54 ` Philip McGrath
2021-09-13 3:09 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-10-02 3:32 ` Philip McGrath
2021-10-02 12:59 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-08-23 10:43 ` Maxime Devos
2021-08-23 12:48 ` Sage Gerard
2021-08-23 15:38 ` zimoun
2021-08-23 17:30 ` Philip McGrath
2021-08-24 10:24 ` zimoun
2021-08-23 18:24 ` Sage Gerard
2021-08-23 19:23 ` Ryan Prior [this message]
2021-08-23 20:00 ` Sage Gerard
2021-08-24 16:42 ` Maxime Devos
2021-08-24 17:17 ` Sage Gerard
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