Re:Nix 1.0 released: purely functional linux package manager
by randallsquared on Sunday May 13, 2012 @04:53PM
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With ubiquitous high bandwidth and huge disk drives, that doesn't seem to be as much of a problem as it used to be.
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Re:Nix 1.0 released: purely functional linux package manager
by morsch on Sunday May 13, 2012 @06:29PM
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Yes, but you are still at the mercy of whoever is statically building (and packages) your binaries. Bad for binary linux distributions, worse for proprietary software.
Re:Nix 1.0 released: purely functional linux package manager
by 9mit3t2m9h9a on Monday May 14, 2012 @01:46AM
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Nix model is that you work with expressions that allow to build packages from source. Binary packages are provided in format "if you performed build described by hash X you would get the contents of this archive".
For proprietary software, you have to consider the binary as-distributed "source" and build a version with proper dynamic linker an library path. Some third party binary wouldn't run as-is on NixOS, but there is a package that sets correct linking settings post-factum.