From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id YHc9O0nvml8uRgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:35:21 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id CMsEN0nvml+UUAAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:35:21 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 595BD94043B for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:41578 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYAtU-0000D0-4v for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:35:20 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55234) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYAtM-0000Bk-VZ for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:35:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x331.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::331]:43348) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYAtL-00067X-6z for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:35:12 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-x331.google.com with SMTP id a6so2872599otp.10 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:35:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ANccz5//xOVP+giGgO81HjsL2T7XQeFNkZUyXIgo9SI=; b=fZGiW2gNvBngaHALz+N6bJcHPBpHaB8HepvcAdO++uhyVmAQ384E7var0Yf/v2PjCz VSpckRS98etJPMSHiJxshzvdPkbWahdaQtqj8qrJtLA+rOxlMsRY+fGFHoHmFtQ2nzCt TbLbnNzebzhJ9bMVHNQa9Vl/bwTmtb2RNC5eZBMXF5oxu03ubihP956xmIFnPCicHFnW 5trb2qPVGFNXemV0fDasPKuKKsmnpmjDtHG7S3fBV6CB/vertt1HRPZN2/7i8yPPxBx+ Ftm03snxv6DPVoRg5NQyLxPMb4PWVsaWpLhcGG7UtCfkU9p8SCrtdvOvCmfsruQ+H7S3 ebHg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ANccz5//xOVP+giGgO81HjsL2T7XQeFNkZUyXIgo9SI=; b=kBAa6R7r3K5BHqQFNF8ny84ldNQByLWkcWfqBv6AdsbcEfd9Vo1pLwxO2h88DJYGQv WPF8WMgJ+psr4WUNDIFHUwV14S0QkBz2hUYvAuVQ8nNmon5F8Wj+bmqSYHM+Cye9XUaT vMgvwgh5Akydo/ped6rzvINsp1k6lDZLnJTlLcqsY8WFE9tGLQ4XJCTZghBZSuPDuNu0 5t7XUdU7LTIeUkgKdOOXkaERBqLS0e0ywYyay85DC4fjS5iXDm7vuG7BOOBJzZFA2nYp F6GcSLHnIqFPdpwbaxbQqCrVEMs/4V7HhGkXFTAahg5H5lMXo6HhnyDU5B+Z67Upa41F RWIA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533ZucfOdvmm3Q30AbG8aIcons3d/SCdSxBLOChCkzR2KsAYzHz6 qR7Q/PxVQTH2YJZNmoXNY/+wuKYOexn/EI3livXMyHapwK8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwGu+iswrFy259SGdj3QK38OU4FpJTPbYfVWhmtiOQs11WxjXAJeG2m87vyJ/hMnis08hNqh1tSg+4yhMtU9GQ= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:68da:: with SMTP id i26mr3899008oto.200.1603989309634; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:35:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Aniket Patil Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:04:58 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Help with .deb, .rpm and guix packaging. To: help-guix@gnu.org Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::331; envelope-from=aniket112.patil@gmail.com; helo=mail-ot1-x331.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail (body hash did not verify) header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=fZGiW2gN; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: 0.09 X-TUID: CST91uioUH6J Hi, There are GNU/Linux distros which are Debian-based or fedora(Redhat) based etc. What I know to my knowledge is GNU packages are .tar packages with .deb and .rpm file format, am I right? What I am wondering about how guix makes it happen? I mean are we bypassing the process of making the package in .deb and .rpm format and releasing it, or what exactly are we doing? To my knowledge, we are building from source code as we can see in the recipe. So that means we are bypassing the process of making packages explicitly for the distro, aren't we? Where can I learn more about this? I am going through guix manual but I don't know which chapter to look for. Also, where can I learn more about packaging software on GNU/Linux distribution? Like .deb or .rpm Regards, Aniket.