[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18468 - NicolasPierron - nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs/lib

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Nicolas Pierron <nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 19:19, Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org> wrote:

>> But then, I find it troublesome if all of Nixpkgs has to pay the price
>> of this additional complexity, especially now that you showed it’s
>> possible to natively compile NixOS on the SheevaPlug.
>
> What price?

The changes to make Nixpkgs able to cross-compile things are IMO
non-trivial and quite intrusive (of course, triviality and intrusiveness
hard to measure, but we probably agree that it’s not as simple as the
non-cross-compile-capable Nixpkgs.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.