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Re: Why is the <derivation> scheme record needed?
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: Why is the <derivation> scheme record needed? |
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Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:41:43 +0200 |
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jgart <jgart@dismail.de> writes:
> Why is the <derivation> scheme record needed?
It is a Scheme representation of a derivation, which also has an on-disk
representation.
> How does it function in Guix?
Everything that the daemon is asked to build must be compiled to a
derivation on disk first. From the perspective of the daemon there are
no first-class packages, only derivations. Much of what Guix as a
library does is to turn package values into derivation files and
builders to feed them into the daemon.
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Ricardo