Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare
by kuratkull on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:11PM
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Was really pumped after playing with Nix for a bit. But got bitten twice in the first day. I tried to run my work project using Nix. It needs Pythons python-prctl library - that doesn't work in Nix. So that's a dud. Next I try to use it as a Nim environment - Nim is unable to compile anything in Nix due to some missing (bundled) Glibc symbol. (Nim works nicely in my standard installation). The cool "export full container" thing mentioned in the tutorial failed for all, even the simplest cases. So I am kinda disillusioned by Nix.
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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare
by nextos on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:57PM
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You can always emulate FHS environments for things that are hard to turn into a Nix package without significant effort.
Aside from that, Guix is an alternative implementation that might have what you need.