From: Aurora <rind38@disroot.org>
To: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com>
Cc: Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guix as a system vs as an end-user dev tool (re: Building a software toolchain that works)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:15:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zglkd59j.fsf@disp3269> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86sfrdxcwy.fsf@163.com>
Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com> writes:
> Make Guix available on Windows platform will be a painful job.
>
> 1. Windows doesn't allow user to create symbolic link without admin
> permission, which guix use intensely.
>
> 2. There's no RUNPATH for Windows DLL, so all dynamic library
> dependencies should in the same directory to allow Windows find it.
>
I think it's worth noting that the use of VM-based mechanisms in a
similar way to Docker for Desktop, suggested in the OP, would limit
these issues somewhat.
Native Guix would be exactly as troublesome as you suggest.
It might be possible to just rely on WSL.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-20 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-19 0:20 Guix as a system vs as an end-user dev tool (re: Building a software toolchain that works) Ryan Prior
2022-03-19 9:06 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-03-19 10:27 ` Jonathan McHugh
2022-03-19 13:21 ` zimoun
2022-03-19 18:18 ` Ryan Prior
2022-03-19 22:57 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-21 10:26 ` zimoun
2022-03-20 8:04 ` Zhu Zihao
2022-03-20 10:47 ` Josselin Poiret
2022-03-20 15:15 ` Aurora [this message]
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