Gour wrote: >>>>>> "Taco" == Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Taco> If it has .dev or .rpm (or an import function thereof) you could > Taco> use Norberts packages instead of the 'upstream' releases? > > No it uses source deployment, although it's possible to use binaries as > well. > > NixOS puts all the build packages in separate folder and does not use > standard /usr /lib /lib etc. folders, but one is assured that build deps > are always correct, as well as ability to e.g. have multiple versions of > some libs, atomic updates, easy to rollback to some previous > 'generation'...see > http://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-0.11/manual/#sec-profiles
It sounds intriguing, but I have no time to look into it. Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
