I’ve installed arch Linux and liked it, but lfs and Gentoo would be too time consuming compiling everything and not doing anything during and after install. Are there any distros like arch that don’t have me compiling everything?

  • @zwekihoyy
    2•9 months ago

    but with a simple --substitute false you can make it compile on install. I love nix

    • @Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Yes, or if you override something you’ll compile that thing and anything depending on it. If you override glibc, you’ll recompile pretty much the entire system!

      • @zwekihoyy
        2•9 months ago

        true, --substitute false will compile all dependencies, down to the compiler itself, but a simple (/s)

        nix-build "  " [package] --check

        will compile just the chosen package, skipping dependencies, and compare it against the cached binary in the repo to ensure they’re equivalent.

        I could have gotten that nix-build command slightly off as I’m typing this from memory. I am also saying most of this in jest as they aren’t really solutions to anything mentioned above and I moreso find them interesting features.