[Nix-dev] Bootstrap tools aren't statically linked.

[Jeevakan Suresh]

I'm using my own kernel headers with RHEL, through necessity my system
is old enough that I can't just subscribe to a channel, the pre-built
libc just isn't compatible with my RHEL kernel.

I have no problem bootstrapping with binaries - the problem is the
binaries themselves are dynamically linked, causing a circular
dependency when trying to bootstrap. Having statically linked binaries
at the lowest level (like the previous bootstrap tools) would be ideal.

How are the current bootstrap tools built? I think if I can reproduce
this I should be fine.

-----Original Message-----
From: nix-dev-bounces at cs.uu.nl [mailto:nix-dev-bounces at cs.uu.nl] On
Behalf Of Marc Weber
Sent: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 5:00 PM
To: nix-dev at cs.uu.nl
Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] Bootstrap tools aren't statically linked.

I'm not very clear about what your goal is:
a) get a set of packages running again managed by nix? Then try
  That's what binaries are for? Subscribe to a channel:
  nix-channel --add
http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
  and run nix-channel --update?

b) Get the bootstrapping system running again ?
  Don't know/care. Using binaries for bootstrapping is fine for me.

To get a basic system up and running all you need is the nix toolset
itself. Everything else you can get by channels or one click installs.

Marc Weber
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