Re: RFC: Portability should be a higher priority for Guix (was Re: 01/01: build-system/meson: Really skip the 'fix-runpath' phase on armhf.)

[Kei Kebreau]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Hello Kei,
>
> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I am interested in helping with non-x86_64 issues. Particularly, helping
>> with i686-related changes should be just a change in workflow, but I'm
>> interested in obtaining freedom-respecting non-x86 hardware (or at least
>> using a virtual machine as close as possible to real hardware
>> configurations). Any recommendation or links for where I can get a
>> Yeeloong laptop or what freedom-respecting armhf computers are
>> available?
>
> Without having actual hardware, you can use the qemu-binfmt service on
> your machine (info "(guix) Virtualization Services").  It’s slow, but it
> allows you to reproduce and debug issues for other architectures.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Wow, this is excellent! Thanks for the tip.

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