From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: chicken scheme Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:27:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871t3ecx0f.fsf@hecubus.retroj.net> <87shvumkp0.fsf@gnu.org> <87vb0qbbeu.fsf@hecubus.retroj.net> <87ziq1lmyn.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9c9blso.fsf@hecubus.retroj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIyU1-0003SI-4s for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:27:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIyTz-0002mz-9T for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:27:48 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::234]:36379) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIyTz-0002mm-3Z for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:27:47 -0400 Received: by mail-vk0-x234.google.com with SMTP id m127so93345930vkb.3 for ; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 06:27:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87h9c9blso.fsf@hecubus.retroj.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: John J Foerch Cc: help-guix On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 8:11 AM, John J Foerch wrote: > First a question about /var/lib, and please excuse the newbie question. > If chicken extensions were installed to /var/lib, wouldn't that go > against the spirit of guix of keeping every program isolated? Isn't > /var/lib global state? Yes, but this program is not Guix. It's a completely separate package manager, and it should work as intended. - Dave