Re: guix pack on Linux kernel

[Andy Tai]

reference to the said GUix document page:

https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2017/creating-bundles-with-guix-pack/

"because Guix captures the complete dependency graph of packages, the
tarball contains everything that’s needed to run <program bundled> and
is going to work in exactly the same way on any system that runs the
kernel Linux!"



On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 2:06 PM Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> wrote:
>
> question the Guix documentation says a bundle created  from guix pack
> can run on machines running the Linux kernel.  Does this mean such a
> bundle can possibly run on Linux kernel with any C library, or just
> GNU/Linux? (providing no other blocking factors, such as the hardware
> or driver needed is present; thus I ignore for example lack of X
> Windows for graphics programs, etc.)
>
> (of course the most common such machine would be Android devices)