From: rohit yadav <rohityadav@utexas.edu>
To: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Sharing store/state between Nix and Guix]: How stable is it?
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:16:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGKZdma+SqoimvpgZLY+m1=x3Sgf1oyyYmkj3Rd+_XU6U_tSMg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170207055044.GB6888@mail.thebird.nl>
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:50 PM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 04:14:04PM -0600, rohit yadav wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is there anyone who has experimented with above mentioned idea? In
> theory
> > it may be possible, I am just wondering how stable is it? Assuming, I
> > installed a package with guix, it should change the database, create
> a new
> > profile. As long as ~/.nix-profile or ~/.guix-profile points to
> current
> > profile I should see the changes in list of packages in the current
> > generation. So, at higher level it should almost be indistinguishable
> > whether nix or guix is used to manage the profiles.
>
> Yes, it is perfectly safe and some people do that. Note that I would
> not *share* the DB and store - just have them separate and they
> coexist fine.
>
Actually my question was whether DB and Store can be shared. Guix and Nix
only changes the databases depending on what is installed and updating the
current generation.
>
> > Is there any plan to change the nix core completely (reimplement using
> > scheme guile) in the future?
>
> When someone feels the itch it may happen. At FOSDEM someone joked
> that we should support the Nix language in Guix - i.e., write a Nix to
> Guile interpreter to support Nix packages live in Guix. Alternatively
> run two daemons.
>
- Yes, that may be useful. This way we can benefit from the work of NixOS
community.
>
> Pj.
>
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>
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2017-02-06 22:14 [Sharing store/state between Nix and Guix]: How stable is it? rohit yadav
2017-02-07 5:50 ` Pjotr Prins
2017-02-07 15:16 ` rohit yadav [this message]
2017-02-08 16:05 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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